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Tim Arnold
What Love Would Want
An Italian Connection and the Power of Music
Tim Arnold at L'Arena, Verona, Italy
David Byrne recently published a brilliant article on technologyreview.com detailing the current changes we're all facing regarding technology's role in removing human contact. Automated services from Facebook to Sky, Apple and beyond have become so advanced that many of us interact with algorithms more than actual real actions. Having worked at Apple, I have witnessed the sheer delight that big tech companies have when it comes to creating shortcuts designed to apparently 'enrich' our lives. I always found it interesting how they re-appropriate words to persuade the public. When I studied English literature, 'Intuitive' was a word I associated with the earth's sacred energy fusing itself with our feminine side in a spiritual awakening for well being. Now it means making a machine drive you to work and back, feeding you dinner and turning on your favourite box-set exactly where you left off.
Is it any wonder there's a rise in mental health problems? Britain's police force received a phone call relating to mental health every five minutes last year. The ambition of tech companies to make life easier is outstripping our ability to cope with the life that particular ambition creates. As a teenager, I was fortunate to attend a low-tech school (I might add – at a reduced rate for my single mother who sang in Spanish nightclubs to pay the school fees). It was a Rudolf Steiner school, where importance is placed on introducing TV, IT and electronic devices during a certain time in a child's mental, emotional and spiritual development. Sometimes, scrolling through the pointless newsfeed of Facebook leaves me quite jittery actually, but thankfully I am not as fragile as a child or a teenager. I have a fairly good sense of what it should feel like to be human, thanks to growing up with limited 'intuitive' technology around me.
Tim Arnold, Rudolf Steiner School, aged 16, 1991
Apple founder Steve Jobs was a low-tech parent. Silicon Valley tech executives and engineers enrol their kids in no-tech Steiner Schools. Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page went to no-tech Montessori Schools, as did Amazon creator Jeff Bezos and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. However, many parents still feel it's okay to use an iPad as a babysitter.
Tim Arnold with Ricky Cavrioli and family, Verona 2017
My recent trip to Italy brought the tech takeover into sharp focus as I trod a very real, organic and rich human experience for three days solid. I had never performed in Italy before. My first album with my first band (Jocasta – No Coincidence) had, without me realising, been heavily promoted in Italy back in 1997 when the record was released. If I had known at the time, perhaps it would not have taken me 20 years to go there to sing. Ricky Cavrioli – a fan of the band contacted me several years ago, through Facebook. Along with a few more fans, he personally arranged two performances for me this Summer, and it was one of the most enriching experiences I have had in my life.
Upon arriving, Ricky, his wife and son welcomed me with the Italian meal we all dream of (maybe 5 or 6 courses, not including the Limoncello and ice cream). The meal took time to experience. Food as art. Or opera – with repeating motifs, acts, scenes and intervals. With three complete strangers who I now know as friends. And all because of the power of music. No, I haven't had 1 million streams on Spotify. But I felt like a million dollars after feeling real on that first night in a small apartment in Verona, the city of winged lions where human contact was made in all it's precious ways.
The next day Ricky took me to the train station where I travelled to Ferrara to take part in the International Busker's festival for it's 30th Anniversary. Upon arrival, I made my way to the Il Molo. Il Molo is the Italian name for 'The Pier' – named after Brighton Pier by the venue's owner Davide Franchini – a Britpop aficionado. Where once I had lived on Frith Street next door to Bar Italia in Soho's Little Italy, I now found myself in Little Soho. In Italy.
Tim Arnold and Davide Franchini, Il Molo, Ferrara 2017
To push the poignancy right down my throat, Davide presented me with a 7" Limited Edition single he had purchased in 1995 by my band Jocasta. My first single. 22 years later on the cobbled streets of Ferrara, I signed it for him and then performed the song and many others for 2 hours on those cobbles. People stopped and sat on the pavement to listen. Renatta Bignozzi – the artist who runs the Amor Gallery in Ferrara, brought out a candle and hung bundles of dried chilli behind me for good luck before I began my set. This was a reality I dream of every day. Genuine connection. And chilli.
I sang until midnight and the stream of people coming and going was so uplifting that I ended up singing for longer than I had intended. To be a stranger in a strange place and meet so many warm hearted people is exactly what the heart strives for. Sure, Davide and I are connected on Facebook, but the circumstances of our meeting resonates deeply with my mission to feel more human. This is what I seek and search for through my music. Person by person. Mind by mind. Heart by heart. Ferrara is a beautiful place, full of cyclists who smile as they glide past you in the streets. Needless to say, the inspiration is now packed into an almost full notebook and clutter of voice notes. New tunes tend to pour out of me when the soul is this aroused. When I shall find the time to dig through them and begin to sculpt is anybody's guess.
Tim Arnold performing at Cohen, Verona 2017
The next day I returned to Verona to perform my new album I Am For You at Verona's newest music venue, Cohen. Before the show, Ricky and I talked about his work over lunch (Penne Arrabiata). For the last 15 years he has assisted with psychiatric evaluations for people who suffer with mental health. Getting to know families and their ongoing struggle to survive whatever hardship that life has brought to them. It turns out that these days, he frequently assesses teenagers who are struggling to connect emotionally to other human beings. What these teenagers all have in common is that they are super humans when it comes to social media, whilst living the life of emotional cripples when it comes to actual human interaction.
How could this be possible in a city full of culture that cross pollinates the medieval with the ancient? The river Adige decorated with padlocks of love and messages of romantic connection? The tourist attraction of Romeo and Juliet? Shakespearean atmosphere at every corner? Dante's statue and his words that blow between the beautiful battered buildings: "The secret to getting things done is to act!". In action – there is deliverance to a better life. And yet I think of Ricky's story of the teenager who cannot and will not leave his bedroom. Or his iPhone. All action has been chiselled out of his muscles. By the profit driven power of so called progress.
Writing a sonnet on the wall at Juliet House, Verona 2017
The only action is to survive this. Not to fight it. One cannot fight progress, but be mindful where it makes us regress. In times like this, I think of Oscar Schindler. A man who could not change the unjust and inhumane world he was a part of, but tried with all his might to save as many hearts and souls as he could from perishing in that world.
To me, that is a powerful parallel to the world we find ourselves in today. The corporate tech giants' billboard may tower a mile high with a slogan that includes the word 'connection'. You see them every day. But negligence always has its comeuppance. One day, tech corporations may have be held to account in their very own Nuremberg trial. Until then, I recommend smuggling as much humanity into your pockets as you can. We're going to need it when we come through the other end. Naturally, I took my iPad with me to Italy. But it never made it out of my suitcase.
With thanks to Ricky Cavrioli and my friends in Verona for making me feel as a human should feel. Grazie.
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The drama continues in The Fall of Kings Nigerian Traditional Movie (Part 2) - starring Patience Ozokwor, Sam Dede, Pete Edochie, Justus Esiri, Fred Aseroma, Ofia Mbaka, Chinedu Anuche, Comfort Idongesit. This movie is the sequel to "Kings Fall Apart Part 1&2". Watch, Comment & Share!
Amankwo, under the leadership of King Akubuilo -Pete Edochie-, could be likened to paradise in miniature. Everyone was happy as the land flourished day after day. The white man arrived to introduce a new religion Christianity to its settlers. Although King Akubuilo embraced the idea his son and the only heir to the throne, Prince Ezechi -Sam Dede-, was an impediment to the development of the religion.
Ezechi became King after killing his father and his reign was chaotic. He was feared by all as he killed, tortured and took over his people's belongings by coercion.. He killed Uchegbu and his son Obika whose head he dumped in the Iyi river over a piece of land. This angered the Iyi goddess as she sent six men headed by Ikeagwu -Justice Asiri- on a mission to bring vengeance to its deity and the land of Amankwo. Will Ikeagwu and his able-bodied men be successful?
The answer lies at the end of this intriguing story.


If like myself you are a fan of Asian cuisine, you will undoubtedly have indulged in Japanese cuisine and in particular, tried sushi. It is my second favourite type of food, falling slightly short of the Thai green curry.
For those of you who don't know, sushi is simply vinegared rice (aka rice prepared with vinegar) that is then eaten with other ingredients like fish and vegetables. Many people mistake Sashimi for sushi, however this is not the case; sashimi is only raw slices of fish, without any rice.
Traditional Japanese sushi is quite different from Westernized sushi, the main difference being that it is much simpler and contains fewer ingredients. For example avocado and mayonnaise are not found in traditional sushi. However, more likely than not, the sushi you will be eating has a plethora of ingredients.
Makizushi (rolled sushi) – these are cylinder shaped pieces of vinegared rice and other ingredients that are wrapped in seaweed, thin omelette skin or cucumber. Makizushi is made by rolling all of the ingredients with a bamboo mat and then cutting the roll into smaller pieces. There are different types of Makizushi, such as Hosomaki which is rice on the inside and seaweed on the outside, and Uramaki which is rice on the outside and seaweed on the inside.
Nigirizushi (hand pressed sushi) – this consists of an oblong piece of vinegared rice that has been molded by hand. It is topped with a little bit of wasabi and another ingredients such as a vegetable or a slice of raw fish.
Chirashizushi (scattered sushi) – served in a bowl and made up of sushi rice covered in various toppings.
Inarizushi – a pouch of fried tofu that is filled with sushi rice.
Oshizushi (pressed sushi) – made by filling a wooden mold with toppings and rice and then covering with a lid and pressing down. This creates a firm rectangular box which is then cut into squares.
Makizushi and Nigirizushi are the main types of sushi that I usually eat.
If you have eaten sushi before, you will have noticed that many different ingredients can be used, which makes answering the question about whether it is fattening or helps weight loss slightly less straightforward.
In the end, all that weight loss and weight gain comes down to is a simple equation: calories in – calories out.
A calorie is a unit of energy and different foods have different amounts of calories. For example, using our healthy food finder tool you will see that 100 g of brown rice (around half a cup) contains 362 calories, 100 g of cucumber contains 95 calories and 100 g of tuna contains 144 calories. All 3 of these are used when preparing sushi, yet equal weighted amounts of each food vary greatly in the calories they contain. They also differ vastly in terms of nutrition; the rice is mainly made up of carbohydrate, tuna is protein and cucumber is water.
Getting back to weight gain and weight loss – if you want to gain weight you need to be consuming more calories (through food) than your body is using up (via exercise & daily activities). To lose weight you need to do the opposite.
You can use our calorie calculator here to estimate the number of calories you should be eating to lose weight. For example, a 50 year old woman who weighs 80 kgs, is 145 cm tall and exercises 4 times a week will need to consume roughly 1600 calories to lose weight. If she eats more than 2000 calories, she will begin to gain weight.
Is sushi high in calories?
This roll contains seaweed (nori), rice and avocado. One roll contains 140 calories, 6g of fat, 28g of carbohydrate and 2 g of protein.
This roll contains seaweed, rice, avocado and ground up meat. One roll contains approximately 255 calories, 7g of fat, 38g of carbohydrate and 9 g of protein.
This roll contains seaweed, rice, shrimp tempura (which is deep fried) and other toppings. On average, one roll contains 508 calories, 21 g of fat, 64 g of carbs and 20 g of protein.
Even though each roll differed only slightly in the ingredients used, they vary greatly in the number of calories they contain. If you eat a shrimp tempura roll, you will consume 3 and a half times more calories than if you eat an avocado roll!
The point I am trying to make here is to choose your sushi ingredients wisely, and find out their nutritional values whenever possible.
If you are going to be eating store bought sushi, this should be easy as most food packages are required to show nutritional information.
If you are going to be eating at a restaurant, this might prove to be a bit more difficult, however you can always do a quick online search to find out how many calories the type of sushi you are going to be eating contains. The restaurant staff may also be able to assist you.
Stay away from tempura and crunchy varieties – these types of sushi are deep fried and therefore pack on a lot of additional calories. Shrimp when eaten on its own in reasonable amounts is a healthy food; however tempura contains way too much excess fat and cholesterol, making it very unhealthy.
You should opt for sushi that contains ingredients that are raw or have been steamed / grilled.
Avoid certain toppings and sauces – without realising it, you may be racking up calories by eating sushi together with certain addons. Mayonnaise and cream cheese in particular are chock full of calories. Instead, eat more ginger, a little wasabi and plenty of veggies. Also limit the amount of soy sauce you consume, as it is very high in sodium and sodium intake has been associated with obesity.
Opt for brown rice – brown rice is much healthier than white rice as it contains more fiber, is broken down slower and is rich in nutrients such as selenium and manganese. Whenever possible, opt for brown rice versions of sushi.
Get rid of the rice – sushi without rice is known as sashimi and this is a healthier option. Sashimi contains less carbohydrate and more protein than sushi. Scientific studies have shown that protein is more filling and can promote weight loss. Also, this study showed that overweight men who included lean or fatty fish as part of a low calorie diet lost approximately 1 kg more weight than those who did not include it.
You can replace the rice with crunchy vegetables. These will fill you up and save you quite a few calories.
Control your portions – since sushi is eaten almost like a snack, it can be very easy to overeat. If you are trying to control your weight, monitor your portions closely and have a soup or salad if you still feel hungry.
So is sushi good for weight loss? Well, it all comes down to the type of sushi you eat and the sides that you eat it with. You don't need to be afraid of sushi, it is a perfectly healthy food, just as long as it contains the right ingredients.


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Dissatisfied fans of How I Met Your Mother are campaigning for a new ending after the finale aired on Monday (31Mar14).
Despite earning a series-high rating of 12.9 million viewers in America, the final episode of the popular sitcom proved to be polarising for fans as a number of plot twists left viewers stunned by the show's conclusion after nine seasons.
Shortly after the finale aired, devoted fans started a petition on Change.org demanding co-creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas to re-write and re-shoot the episode, simply stating, "You know it's just wrong."
More than 6,725 fans from around the world had signed the plea as WENN went to press.
theres a lot of dissatisfying about the himym ending out there. maybe because the rushing thing on how the summarize the plot altogether??
im not one of them because im always cheers for ted and robin for the end game..
so for me the finale is good enough for me..


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Hot Chip – brytyjski zespół grający muzykę z gatunku electro pop, synth pop.

Hot Chip został założony w 2000 roku, chociaż muzycy Alexis Taylor i Joe Goddard  pracowali już ze sobą wcześniej, od 1991 roku.

W 2009 roku zespół został nominowany do nagrody Grammy w kategorii Najlepsze nagranie muzyki tanecznej za utwór Ready for the Floor.

Członkowie:
 Alexis Taylor – śpiew, syntezator, gitara, perkusja, instrumenty klawiszowe
 Joe Goddard – śpiew, syntezator, perkusja
 Owen Clarke – gitara, gitara basowa, syntezator
 Al Doyle – gitara, syntezator, perkusja (gra także w zespole LCD Soundsystem)
 Felix Martin – automat perkusyjny, syntezator

Dyskografia

Albumy
 2004 – Coming on Strong
 2006 – The Warning
 2008 – Made in the Dark
 2010 – One Life Stand
 2012 – In Our Heads
 2019 – A Bath Full of Ecstasy

Single
 2004 – Playboy
 2006 – Over and Over
 2006 – Boy from School
 2006 – Colours
 2007 – Shake a Fist
 2008 – Ready for the Floor
 2008 – One Pure Thought
 2010 – One Life Stand
 2010 – I Feel Better
 2012 – Night & Day
 2012 – How Do You Do?
 2012 – Don't Deny Your Heart

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Palantir targeting 3 class voting structure according to leaked S-1, giving founders 49.999999% control in perpetuity
Danny Crichton	1 year
We are continuing to make progress through Palantir's leaked S-1 filing, which TechCrunch attained a copy of recently. We have covered the company's financials this morning, and this afternoon we talked about the company's customer concentration. Now I want to talk a bit about its ownership and stock valuation.
First, let's talk about ownership. Having read through our leaked copy of the S-1 the past few hours, I can only summarize the situation as: wow, this is a really complicated ownership structure.
At the highest level, the founders of the company — Peter Thiel, Alex Karp, and Stephen Cohen — own 30.2% of the stock of the company as of the end of July of this year. Thiel controls much more than that though through his myriad investments made through Founders Fund, Mithril Capital, Clarium Capital, and quite literally dozens of other investment management funds listed in the filing.
In terms of overall corporate voting power today, Thiel has 28.4% at his disposal, Karp 8.9%, and Cohen 3.1% according to the company's calculation.
This is where things get interesting. As is typical with most modern tech IPOs, the founders of the business are looking to create multiple voting classes of stock in order to protect their voting power even while their total ownership of the company diminishes. It is pretty common today to see a two-class structure where the plebian stock class for retail investors offers one vote, and a special class is offered to founders that has 10 votes. This allows a founder with 5% of the company through these special shares to control a majority of a company's voting authority.
Palantir wants to push the envelope further though with a three-class structure that would prioritize Thiel, Karp, and Cohen above all others. In Palantir's model, there would be a Class A share with 1 vote, a Class B share with 10 votes, and a special "Class F" share with variable votes.
Class F shares would share 49.999999% (six 9s in the decimal – I counted twice) of the voting power of Palantir at all times, regardless of the underlying ownership of shares. Important to note that that is not a "majority" and thus they will not have literally a controlling stake in the public company.
In fact, Palantir has spent much of the last few months building the case for why it needs this special tripartite system of corporate governance. It hired several new members to its board of directors including Alexandra Schiff, Spencer Rascoff, and Alexander Moore earlier this year in order to build a "Special Governance Committee" that would make these changes to the company's Delaware charter. Given that the founders were practically the only directors of the company outside of Adam Ross, it was hard to give themselves control by their own vote.
Palantir's leaked S-1 has dozens of pages of the timeline and discussions that resulted, and why the committee ended up deciding to go with what can only be described as Byzantine method of voting.
That resolution still has to be supported by shareholders and of course, Wall Street. Much in the way that Palantir is going to have a lockup on its employees in a novel variant of the direct listing model, it seems it wants to pioneer a new model of founder ownership as well.
Sources say Palantir will have a lockup period after its direct listing
Stock valuation
Now, let's switch over to a little chart showing Palantir's preferred stock prices since inception and the current carrying value of those shares:
Immediately, we can see here that Palantir starting in 2013 really came into its own. The company, which was founded in 2003, showed little sign of deep outside investor interest for much of its early history. Its preferred stock share price grew linearly and slowly from its Series C in 2008 to its Series H in 2013.
Then, something interesting happens. There is almost immediately a radically increasing growth in the value of the stock with new issues in the Series H through K showing quick growth in value.
Recent stock sales have been common shares, and not preferred.
According to the company's leaked S-1 we attained, only three shareholders passed the 5% threshold required for SEC disclosure. Founders Fund is listed as owning 12.7% of the company's Class B shares, Japanese insurance giant SOMPO Holdings is listed as owning 20.3% of the company's Class A shares, and investment bank UBS is at 5.7% of Class A shares. The company said that it had 529 million Class A shares and 1.09 billion Class B shares outstanding as of the end of June this year.


Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan 23 (ANI): As many as 70 organisations including Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), protested against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016, here on Wednesday.
The Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016, was passed in the Lok Sabha on January 8.
It will facilitate citizenship of six identified minority communities namely Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Christians and Parsis from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh who came to India before 31 December 2014.
"We are not in favour of this bill. Thousands of people from all over Assam have come here today to tell the government that we don't want this bill to be passed," a protester said.


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On behalf of the city of Ōtautahi Christchurch, ChristchurchNZ is pleased to announce a joint Australia-New Zealand bid for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023. The submission of the bid to FIFA on 13 December marks the culmination of a huge amount of trans-Tasman work by New Zealand Football, Football Federation Australia, central and local government, and events teams across the country.
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Ōtautahi Christchurch is one of five New Zealand cities expected to host matches should the bid be successful. Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Dunedin are also expected to host a number of matches.
New Zealand's partnership with Australia was an opportunity to show our joint commitment to women's sport and continues our record of successfully hosting major sporting events.
In total, the tournament will host 32 teams, up from 24 in 2019, playing 64 games over 31 days.
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If successful in securing the 2023 event, it is forecast to bring in upwards of $100m to the New Zealand economy, with an estimated $13m in visitor spend coming directly into Christchurch. It is also anticipated to generate nearly 50,000 visitor nights in the city.
It also represents an unprecedented opportunity to showcase the city to the world. The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France was attended by more than one million people, and broadcast matches reached more than one billion worldwide.
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"New Zealand Football and Football Federation Australia are excited to be joining together 'As One' to bid for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023," said Andrew Pragnell, CEO at New Zealand Football.
"The impact of hosting such a prestigious and popular event on our shores would be massive – not just in a sporting sense but for the country as a whole. We're very excited about this opportunity, particularly the chance to bring a world-class event to our regions and cities."
Pragnell said New Zealand Football and Football Federation Australia worked constructively and positively to reach a split of games and events across host cities.
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An announcement on the successful 2023 host is expected in May 2020.
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The 77s (alternatively spelled the Seventy Sevens, the 77's, or simply 77's) is an American rock band consisting of Michael Roe on vocals/guitar, Mark Harmon on bass guitar, and Bruce Spencer on drums.

History
The group was "formed at a church by a church" under the name Scratch Band in Sacramento, California, during the late 1970s according to Mike Roe. Accompanying him were Mark Tootle on guitar and keyboards, Jan Eric Volz on bass guitar, and Mark Proctor on drums. They were occasionally joined by singer Sharon McCall and guitarist Jimmy A. Their repertoire included originals and songs by English poet Steve Scott among others. The "church" that brought the players together was Sacramento's Warehouse Christian Ministries with the band being a part of the ministries artistic outreach, performing every weekend at the Warehouse. The name of the band was changed to The Seventy Sevens before the release of their first album, Ping Pong Over the Abyss in 1982, on WCM's own Exit label. While the meaning of the group's name has never been revealed, it is thought to be derived from either Matt 18:22, Daniel 9 or, simply, a year – possibly 1977 – which holds some significance to the band. In 1984, the group toured with labelmate Vector and Resurrection Band with all 3 bands playing the very first Cornerstone festival.

When Proctor left the band, he was replaced by Aaron Smith, who appeared on the album All Fall Down (1984) and remained with the band until 1995. Smith had been a former sideman with Ray Charles and The Temptations and a member of Vector. The next album, The Seventy Sevens, was released by Island Records in 1987. While the album received favorable reviews, it did not sell as well as it might; the reason being The Joshua Tree by labelmate U2 was released that same year. In his article on the subject, John Thompson (True Tunes) thought it likely that Island put most of its resources into promoting The Joshua Tree while others on the label received less promotional support. The album received a positive review by Rolling Stone critic, Margot Mifflin: "the 77s have come up with a sound that suggests not only that they know where they're coming from, but also that they're going places". Mark Alan Powell called it "an artistic masterpiece – probably one of the ten best albums of the year not simply in the Christian market but in rock and roll, period".

A compilation album – Sticks and Stones (1990) and a live album – 88 (1991) (which contained a manic version of Over, Under, Sideways, Down) were released after their eponymous Island Records release. At some point in 1992 Tootle and Volz left the band which left Roe as the only original member. David Leonhardt (guitar) joined in early 1992 with Mark Harmon (bass) joining that year also, replacing Tootle and Volz.

Pray Naked was released in 1992 but the title was changed by the label, Word Records, to The Seventy Sevens. The album title change would cause confusion in the minds of consumers and marketers since the 1987 album on Island bore the same name. This was followed by  Drowning with Land in Sight in 1994. Leonhardt and Smith left the band soon after, with Smith being replaced by former bandmate Bruce Spencer of Vector. This change brought about a new version of the band, namely a power trio line up with Harmon, Roe and Spencer which started referring to itself as "the band that won't go away". It also brought the release of Tom Tom Blues (1995).

At the end of the 1996, The 77s started the label Fools of the World and reissued some of its albums. New material was also released following the label's formation: Echoes o' Faith (1996 live acoustic material), EP (1999) and A Golden Field of Radioactive Crows (2001). Also, Scott Reams occasionally played in the band during concerts beginning in 2000.

In 2010, The 77's participated in the tribute album Mister Bolin's Late Night Revival, a compilation of 17 unreleased tracks written by Tommy Bolin.

Critically, the 77s are considered by fans and music critics; such as Dwight Ozzard (Prism magazine), Brian Quincy Newcomb (HM) and John Thompson (True Tunes), as the greatest – or "best" depending on whom one might quote, rock and roll band in the world.

Discography
 1982 Ping Pong over the Abyss
 1984 All Fall Down
 1987 The 77s
 1990 Sticks and Stones
 1991 88
 1992 Pray Naked
 1994 Drowning with Land in Sight
 1995 Tom Tom Blues
 1996 Echos o' Faith
 1999 EP
 2000 Late
 2000 88/When Numbers Get Serious, re-release of 88 w/bonus disc containing various live tracks (1987–1998)
 2001 A Golden Field of Radioactive Crows
 2002 Direct
 2006 77s DVD Collection
 2008 Holy Ghost Building
 2014 Gimme a Kickstart.... (part of a two-disc set packaged with .....And a Phrase or Two by Michael Roe)

Promotional singles

7&7iS
Members of The 77s have used the moniker 7&7is to release projects that they do not see as fitting under their regular band name.  The name comes from the title of a classic song by the 60s music group Love, called "7 and 7 Is."

The name was first used for Alternative Records' 1989 collection of rarities and outtakes (later released as More Miserable Than You'll Ever Be). The name was revived in 2004 for Fun with Sound, a collaboration between lead singer Michael Roe and bassist Mark Harmon. Harmon and Roe also toured that year under the name.

7&7iS discography
 7&7iS (collector's edition box set - vinyl record, cassette, 3" CD, 1989)
 More Miserable Than You'll Ever Be (album, 1990)
 Fun with Sound (album, 2004)
 Hymnshow (album, 2021)

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Musical groups from Sacramento, California
Musical groups established in 1979


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OV set for 12/7. Same time as Bell. Let's get'em both.
Cameron is at the game today.
Sounds like a decision coming soon.
We picked up a couple crystal balls today.
Announcing his decision on December 19th.
This would be icing on the cake for a great class. Let's get this guy. Would love to have David Bell too but it may be too little too late there.


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UTSA, Texas to meet for five-game football series beginning in 2022
By Greg Luca
Updated 1:56 pm CDT, Saturday, May 11, 2019
UTSA quarterback Cordale Grundy looks for an open receiver as CJ Reese of UTEP chases him down during college football action in the Alamodome on Saturday, Sept. 29 2018.
Photo: Billy Calzada / Staff Photographer
UTSA and Texas will meet in football for the first time in 2022, beginning a five-game series that runs through 2030. Each game will be played at Darrell K Royal Memorial Stadium in Austin.
All five games are scheduled for mid-September dates, opening on Sept. 17, 2022.
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Most retirement plans now offer the option of saving in a Roth 401(k).
Many plan participants are sticking with a traditional 401(k), rather than using Roth 401(k).
Missed opportunity: Saving in a Roth 401(k) today likely means a lower tax bill in retirement, and more estate-planning possibilities.
If you are looking forward to a retirement spent paying hefty tax bills, a traditional 401(k) plan may be your twisted ticket to happiness.
Once you turn age 70½, you are forced to start taking money out of your traditional 401(k) annually — the more polite terminology is "required minimum distribution" — and every penny you withdraw will be taxed as ordinary income.
The perverse reality is that the more you have socked away for retirement in traditional accounts, the bigger your RMD tax bills will be, even if you don't need the cash to cover living expenses. And those RMDs just might boost your taxable income to a level that triggers owing more tax on Social Security benefits and being hit with a higher Medicare premium.
If that's not your idea of retirement bliss, chances are pretty good there is a great tax-savings move right under your nose that you're mistakenly passing up.
Vanguard reports that nearly two-thirds of 401(k) plans it administers now have the option of saving in a Roth 401(k), rather than the standard traditional 401(k).
With a Roth 401(k) contributions are made with after-tax income. The payoff comes in retirement when you can either skip RMDs completely (more on this in a second) or take distributions without owing a penny in tax. Yet less than 15 percent of retirement savers with the ability to save in a Roth 401(k) are taking advantage of the Roth option.
"I'm from the Midwest, so I use a farm analogy: Do you want to pay tax on the seed or on the harvest," said David Hays, president of Comprehensive Financial Consultants in Bloomington, Indiana. "The only rational answer is that you pay it on the seed."
That is, take your tax hit early, by using a Roth 401(k) that is funded with after-tax dollars — paying tax on the seed contribution — with the eventual payoff that you will not owe a penny of tax when it's time to harvest your savings, in retirement.
While Roth 401(k) plans are positioned as ideal for millennials who have yet to hit their peak earnings (tax rates), 40- and 50-somethings who've been using a traditional 401(k) for a few decades can add valuable tax diversification by switching over and doing some Roth saving.
"Taxes are the most expensive thing in retirement," said Hays. "Think about it, you pay 30 percent or so every time you want to access your money.
"The Roth 401(k) is an absolute necessity," he added. "It allows you to position yourself so you are not forced to access your tax time bomb in retirement when you need money. "
For the record, anyone can contribute to a Roth 401(k). There are no income limits. Employer matching contributions will continue to be made into a traditional 401(k) account.
A common argument for sticking with a traditional 401(k) is that reducing your taxable income this year with your pretax contributions is more valuable to you if your expectation is that you will be in a lower tax bracket in retirement.
Be careful with this assumption. If the bulk of your retirement savings are in traditional 401(k) plans and individual retirement accounts, the RMDs are likely to keep your rate from plummeting, especially once you add in other income sources such as Social Security and, perhaps, a pension.
How Much More Spendable Income Can a Roth IRA offer over a Traditional IRA?
A few years ago, T. Rowe Price ran the numbers to see how much more income you might have in retirement if you saved in a Roth IRA rather than a traditional IRA, assuming different retirement tax rates. The concept is the same for 401(k) plans.
If your retirement tax rate stays the same as your current tax rate, T. Rowe found that a Roth is the better investment. A 40- or 50-something would need their retirement tax rate to be 8 to 10 percentage points lower to justify sticking with the traditional today. Unless you're making a move from Fifth Avenue to off-the-grid, that seems unlikely.
You also might want to stop taking long-term retirement planning advice from your tax pro.
"We have clients who tells us their CPA insists the traditional is the better option," said Elijah Kovar, a partner at Great Lakes Financial in Minneapolis. "Of course they do.
"A CPA is tax-reactive; they look at last year's returns and search for ways to reduce your current tax bill," he added. "We are taking a bigger-picture look on how to minimize taxes in retirement."
Another benefit of saving in a Roth 401(k) is that once you retire, you can roll over the account into a Roth IRA. No taxes are due on that move. And once the money is in the Roth IRA, you have officially escaped the grip of Internal Revenue Service RMDs.
If you want to spend some of the money, your withdrawals will be tax-free. Or you can just let the money keep growing free of taxes for your heirs. Yes, they will be required to take distributions immediately after you die, but they, too, will owe no income tax on the distributions as long as you had the IRA for at least five years.
Kovar notes that the Stretch IRA is on the hot seat in Washington. If that tax break is reduced or eliminated, it would trigger bigger tax bills for anyone inheriting traditional (read: taxable) IRA assets. "We're planning on the Stretch IRA going away," said Kovar. "That makes having money in a Roth even more compelling."


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Truman Abbe (November 1, 1873 – May 2, 1955) was an American surgeon, son of Cleveland Abbe and brother of Cleveland Abbe, Jr.

Biography
He was born in Washington, D. C. on November 1, 1873. He graduated from Harvard University in 1895.  He received his degree in medicine at Columbia University in 1899, then pursued post-graduate studies at the University of Berlin.

Abbe began work in 1902 at Georgetown University.  Afterwards, he was appointed instructor at George Washington University (1905).  In 1907, he was awarded a silver medal at the Jamestown Exposition for his researches into the uses of radium in medicine.

His papers were donated to the National Library of Medicine in 1983.

References

External links
 Truman Abbe Papers (1894-1933) – National Library of Medicine finding aid

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni
Harvard University alumni
Georgetown University faculty
1873 births
1955 deaths
American surgeons
Physicians from Washington, D.C.
Humboldt University of Berlin alumni
George Washington University faculty


BOURBON — Triton High School senior and Distinguished Young Woman of Triton, Alexis 'Lexi' Miller, will travel to Kokomo Feb. 14 where she will prepare to compete for the 2016 title of Distinguished Young Woman of Indiana on Feb. 18, 19, and 20.
BOURBON — Triton High School student and member of the football team, Adam Stevens, visited Cami Painton's fourth grade class Friday, Sept. 11, at Triton Elementary School.
Triton High School held their annual academic awards program May 22 at Christo's Banquet Center in Plymouth. The following students were awarded scholarships or special recognition.