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Penny Arcade Knows Too Much
The doyenne of the New York art house movement on sexual freedom, President Obama and performing at the Outburst Festival
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Penny Arcade has never been to Belfast, but like many Americans she has an idea of the city based on ambient exposure to years of news footage and vague stories of political violence.
Very few people in Belfast, by contrast, have any idea what to expect from her show, The Woman Who Knew too Much, which has been custom-built for this year's Outburst Queer Arts Festival.
Drawing on Arcade's 40-year career as a performance artist – which began in the punky outsider circles of late-1960s New York – The Woman Who Knew too Much perfects the blend of forthright political humanism and performance that Arcade has been honing since, as a determined youngster named Susanna Carmen Ventura, she fled her native Connecticut and, aged 17, wound up appearing in Andy Warhol's 1971 satire, Women in Revolt.
After a peripatetic professional life that really began with the success of her confrontational mid-1980s monologues and the 1990 sex and censorship show Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore! (watch a trailer below), Arcade arrives in Northern Ireland more resolute than ever.
She has been to the Republic of Ireland, certainly. First in 1994 for the Galway Arts Festival, followed by a tremendous run at Dublin's Olympia, performing eight shows a week. But now she hopes to bring a flavour of New York and queer performance to a new crowd.
'Quintessentially the Irish have always been a really great audience for my work,' she says down the line. 'They love honesty. And if you're really honest – if you tell your truth and you're funny – it's hard to go wrong with Irish people.'
But for all that, Arcade arrives at a time of political and personal uncertainty. New York is home, but she luckily flew to Kentucky only days before Hurricane Sandy battered America's West Coast with winds of up to 90mph. 'There has been a lot of destruction and a lot of death. I know I'm going to be quite shocked when I go home. There has been a lot of devastation in my neighbourhood.'
Her neighbourhood is the lower east side, home to St Mark's Poetry Project and the site of the much-missed punk rock venue CBGB, which closed in 2006. 'Along with being an old Jewish and an old Italian neighbourhood, it's also an old Irish neighbourhood,' Arcade explains.
'It's where are the immigrants came to in the mid-to-late 1800s. It's a neighbourhood that artists have been living in all along, but particularly since 1945, after the war. And the artists are the only immigrant group that doesn't move on, because we don't try to assimilate into polite society, which people tend to do.'
While the young Penny Arcade cut her artistic teeth in the early 1970s with performances in projects like John Vaccaro's Playhouse of the Ridiculous, the lower east side was also home to other stars in the making, such as Debbie Harry, Allen Ginsberg and WH Auden.
'Leonard Cohen lived in my neighbourhood,' she adds. 'His song 'Famous Blue Raincoat' talks about the music on Clinton Street, which is where I live, on the corner of Stanton and Clinton Street. Marlon Brando lived across the street from me. It's a very old neighbourhood of outsiders, anarchists, rabble-rousers and working poor.'
Arcades's work is concerned with the working poor more than any other group. An outsider's stance is unavoidable, because it reflects the facts of her life. While the Belfast performance is part of a self-declared queer arts festival, Arcade's principal concern is with the dispossessed, whatever their sexual stripe.
So while she cheerfully despairs at the then-prospect of a Mitt Romney presidency ('I mean, the Republican Party is simply completely out of its mind'), she does not default to unequivocal support for the Democratic Party and Barack Obama.
'Fundamentally,' she says, 'I think Obama is someone who has never been interested in the poor of America, whether they're black or white. When somebody thinks that the middle class is made up of people who earn under $250,000, they're really out of touch with the public. I don't have a lot of faith in either party. I just think the question is, who's crazier?'
Gay marriage was one of the most divisive election issues in America, which chimes with the Irish political scene where sexual liberty occasionally becomes a flashpoint.
There's a peculiar irony that Northern Ireland – where the UK's first same-sex civil marriage ceremonies took place in 2005 – is also home to political figures such as Health Minister Edwin Poots, who has attempted to prevent homosexual people from donating blood, whilst other notable public figures have remarked that gay people should be referred to psychiatrists. You can hear Arcade rolling her eyes.
'These are a very backward people,' she says. 'What are you going to do? In America in 1969 the idea of homosexuality as a mental illness was put to rest forever. So if somebody's coming up with that in 2010, they're really pretty behind the times.'
Arcade holds fast to the notion of the separation of Church and State, with a casual glance back at the Bible to argue that politicians should not meddle in people's private lives. 'My response to all of it is "Revenge is mine, saith the Lord". God doesn't need your help. Get your politics out! It all has to do with the live and let live attitude, which seems to be shrinking rather than growing in the world.
'Fundamentally,' she conlcudes, 'my question is always "Am I my brother and sister's keeper?". And I think I am. Not everybody feels that way, but you've got to stand up for what you believe in.'
Penny Arcade performed The Woman Who Knew Too Much at the Black Box, Belfast on November 17, 2012.
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Like many Azerite traits that don't modify character spells, this trait stacks, so you can benefit from having it on more than one piece of Azerite gear. The buff icon doesn't display the number of stacks, but the tooltip shows the correct stacked values.
Tested on live servers 8/18/2018: I have this trait on 2 pieces of Azerite gear. After summoning 3 imps and using Implosion, I gain the buff Potentiel explosif, which grants 479 haste for 6 seconds (a bit more than double the usual value, not sure why). Sacrificing another 3 imps before the buff expires simply refreshes the buff's duration.
Lorsqu'Implosion consomme au moins 3 diablotins, votre Hâte est augmentée de 490 pendant 15 sec.


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Report Confirms That Assassin's Creed Valhalla Will Run At 4K And 60FPS On PlayStation 5
Ubisoft's next installment of Assassin's Creed, subtitled Valhalla, is currently scheduled to be released on current and next-gen consoles in November, and unsurprisingly, it'll run in 4K at 60FPS on the PlayStation 5.
According to a report by Euro Gamer, both next-gen versions — PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X — of Assassin's Creed Valhalla will run in 4K at 60FPS. Additionally, if you're planning on buying the PlayStation 5 digital, you won't be able to carry over your PS4 progress if you buy a physical disc on current-gen consoles, as the PS5 digital, as the name states, won't have anywhere to insert the game's disc.
"Assassin's Creed: Valhalla will appear shortly before the new consoles with this release, both physically and digitally. If you buy them for the old consoles, both versions are upwardly compatible with the new PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X / S platforms at no additional cost. But, there is a little catch: If you buy a physical version of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, you have to insert the disc into the new console. So: Don't buy it on disc for PlayStation 4 if you plan to use a PS5 digital afterwards. With the digitally purchased versions, it doesn't matter, you can play them on the old as well as the new platform."
Originally, Assassin's Creed Valhalla was scheduled to be released on November 17, but it's been moved up one week to match the release date of the Xbox Series X/S. In total, Valhalla will be available on six platforms at launch: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Google Stadia.
Like with previous iterations of the series, Assassin's Creed Valhalla will have a season pass and post-launch DLC, but it's unclear whether or not the single-player campaign will be as long as the one featured in Odyssey, which some believe was far too long.
In Assassin's Creed Valhalla, players will take control of a character named Eivor, who can either be male or female depending on the player's choice. The game is set during the ninth century and during a period of turmoil for the Vikings.
For their upcoming game, Ubisoft is promising a reworked combat system that will take cues from Viking fighting styles, with one of the new mechanics being dual-wielding. In fact, you can dual-wield any two weapons, including shields.
As previously mentioned, Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Valhalla will be released for current and next-gen consoles this coming November.
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We've all heard about a famous bluesman or country singer that started his career on a simple homemade cigar box guitar. With a list of artists including Jimi Hendrix, Roy Clark and Carl Perkins, the cigar box guitar has been the precursor to many great careers and countless inspiring stories. It's a wonder that nobody has documented its magnificent history until now.
cigar boxes as we know them didn't exist prior to the 1840's. Prior to then, cigars were shipped in larger crates containing 100 more per case.
But after 1840, cigar manufacturers started using smaller, more portable boxes with 20-50 cigars per box.Cigars were extremely popular in the 19th Century, and therefore, many empty cigar boxes would be laying around the house!
The 1800's were also a simpler time for Americans, when necessity was truly the mother of invention. Using a cigar box to create a guitar, fiddle or a banjo was an obvious choice for a few crafty souls, and pretty soon cigar box violins were popping up everywhere.
The earliest proof of a cigar box instrument we have found is an etching of two Civil War Soldiers at a campsite with one playing a cigar box fiddle.
This was created by French artist, Edwin Forbes, who worked as an official artist for the Union Army.
The cigar box fiddle appears to sport an advanced viola-length neck attached to a "Figaro" cigar box. The etching is copyrighted 1876. In addition to the etching, plans for a cigar box banjo were published in the 1870's by Boy Scout's founder, Daniel Carter Beard in St. Nicholas Magazine.The plans, entitled "How to Build an Uncle Enos Banjo" [diagrams pictured above] showed a step-by-step description for a playable 5-string fretless banjo made from a cigar box. The plans were eventually published in Beard's immensely popular American Boy's Handy Book.
By the 20th Century, times were still lean for many Americans and cigars gained even more popularity.
melodies up and down that lonely string. Later, he would record the monumental Dark Was The Night (Cold Was The Ground) on standard guitar. The song is a instrumental classic that has droning chords laying the background for a haunting melody played up and down on the high E string...a technique he learned on his original one-string.
Not only does the cigar box guitar have a great history, these little suckers are so much fun to play. Each one has it's own unique sound.
Mine are played with a slide and have a great whining blues sound...one that just cannot be emulated from another guitar. They're small, portable and almost indestructable. And let's face it...they're weird looking and attract major attention.
Cigars were packed in boxes, crates, and barrels as early as 1800, but the small sized boxes that we are familiar with today did not exist prior to around 1840. Until then, cigars were shipped in larger crates containing 100 or more per case. After 1840, cigar manufacturers started using smaller, more portable boxes with 20-50 cigars per box.
Trace evidence of cigar box instruments exist from 1840 to the 1860s. The earliest illustrated proof of a cigar box instrument known is an etching copyrighted in 1876 of two Civil War Soldiers at a campsite with one playing a cigar box fiddle. The etching was created by illustrator and artist Edwin Forbes who, under the banner of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, worked for the Union Army. The etching was included in Forbes work Life Stories of the Great Army. In the etching, the cigar box fiddle clearly shows the brand �Figaro� on the cigar box.
In addition to the etching, plans for a cigar box banjo were published by Daniel Carter Beard, co-founder of the Boy Scouts of America, in 1884 as part of 'Christmas Eve With Uncle Enos.' The plans, eventually retitled �How to Build an Uncle Enos Banjo� as part of Beard's American Boy�s Handy Book in the 1890 release as supplementary material in the rear of the book. These plans omitted the story but still showed a step-by-step description for a playable 5-string fretless banjo made from a cigar box.
It would seem that the earliest cigar box instruments would be extremely crude and primitive guitar, ; however, this is not always the case. According to Bill Jehle, curator of The National Cigar Box Guitar Museum, and author of One Man's Trash: A History of the Cigar Box Guitar, has acquired two cigar box fiddles built in 1886 and 1889 that seem very playable and well built. The 1886 fiddle was made for an 8 year old boy and is certainly playable, but the 1889 fiddle has a well carved neck and slotted violin headstock. The latter instrument was made for serious playing.
The cigar box guitars and fiddles were also important in the rise of jug bands and blues. As most of these performers were black Americans living in poverty, many could not afford a "real" instrument. Using these, along with the washtub bass (similar to the cigar box guitar), jugs, washboards, and harmonica, black musicians performed blues during socializations.
The Great Depression of the 1930s saw a resurgence of homemade musical instruments. Times were hard in the American south and for entertainment sitting on the front porch singing away their blues was a popular pastime. Musical instruments were beyond the means of everybody, but an old cigar box, a piece of broom handle and a couple wires from the screen door and a guitar was born.


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Antoine Lavieu fuhr 2011 für die französische Amateurmannschaft AVC Aix-en-Provence. In diesem Jahr gewann er eine Etappe beim Giro della Valle d'Aosta und die Gesamtwertung der Vuelta a Navarra. Ende der Saison fuhr er für das Professional Continental Team Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne als Stagiaire. Seit 2013 fährt Lavieu für das französische Continental Team La Pomme Marseille.

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 eine Etappe Giro della Valle d'Aosta

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2009 OC St. Raphaël
2010 SC Nice
2011 AVC Aix-en-Provence
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2012 AVC Aix-en-Provence
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Orange Is the New Black meets Walter Dean Myer's Monster in this gritty, twisty, and haunting debut by Tiffany D. Jackson about a girl convicted of murder seeking the truth while surviving life in a group home.
Mary B. Addison killed a baby.
Allegedly. She didn't say much in that first interview with detectives, and the media filled in the only blanks that mattered: a white baby had died while under the care of a churchgoing black woman and her nine-year-old daughter. The public convicted Mary and the jury made it official. But did she do it?
There wasn't a point to setting the record straight before, but now she's got Ted—and their unborn child—to think about. When the state threatens to take her baby, Mary's fate now lies in the hands of the one person she distrusts the most: her Momma. No one knows the real Momma. But does anyone know the real Mary?
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Home News 22 Missing After India Bridge Collapse
22 missing after India bridge collapse
The bridge straddling the river lies along a major highway connecting Mumbai to the tourism state of Goa. PHOTO: INDIA LIVE
NEW DELHI: Two buses carrying at least 22 people plunged into a fast-flowing river in western India after a bridge collapsed following days of torrential monsoon rains, officials said Wednesday.
Rescuers raced to the crumbled bridge south of the financial capital of Mumbai to search for the passengers swept away following the accident late on Tuesday night.
Flash flood sweeps away 27 wedding revellers
Television footage showed large chunks of the British-colonial era bridge had fallen into the rain-swollen Savitri river.
"Twenty two people from two buses are missing after the 50-feet (15-metre long) bridge collapsed," Sanjay Patil, police superintendent of Raigad district where the accident occurred, told AFP.
The bridge straddling the river lies along a major highway connecting Mumbai to the tourism state of Goa.
Emergency workers armed with diving and other specialist equipment were scouring the river for the missing, but no one has been rescued so far, India's disaster management chief told AFP.
"As per initial information, some vehicles and people have been swept away. Our team has rushed to the spot," National Disaster Response Force chief O.P Singh said.
Flood relief underway in Dera Ghazi Khan
"Our team is equipped with deep divers and life-saving equipment."
Television footage showed a helicopter flying over the river searching for survivors.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the bridge appeared to have collapsed after being pounded by the flooded river.
"The primary reason seems to be the high pressure caused due to flooding of river Savitri due to heavy rains in catchment of Mahabaleshwar," he said on Twitter.
The incident is the latest in a string of deadly accidents in India where enforcement of safety rules is weak and substandard materials are often used.
Chitral flood toll revised down as Pakistan Army flies help in
In April, an under-construction flyover collapsed in the eastern city of Kolkata, killing 26 people.
Scores of people die every year from flooding and landslides during the annual monsoon rains in India and the neighbouring countries of Nepal and Bangladesh.
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"My identity was questioned a lot when I was growing up. I never really felt like I fit in anywhere. My mom's boyfriend, who's basically my stepdad, is Black. My white friends' parents wouldn't have a problem with me, but when they saw my stepdad, they wouldn't let their kids come over anymore. And in middle school, I was called Medusa, Oreo, and a mutt.
Today, I still get the whole "Oh, you're not really Black" thing because I'm light-skinned... and probably because I pass as white. Because I grew up with my white mom and I'm light-skinned, people will invalidate the fact that I'm Black. But I think being multiracial is its own thing. I'm not white and I'm not Black. I'm both." -Tasha Gear, 25, Photographer
Khalea Underwood, "What It Really Feels Like To Be Asked "What Are You?"," Refinery29, February 28, 2018. https://www.refinery29.com/2018/02/191865/black-women-racial-ambiguity-interview-photos.
Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes makes his voice heard. He should talk about the Tomahawk Chop
Posted in Articles, Media Archive, Native Americans/First Nation, Social Justice, United States on 2020-07-08 18:15Z by Steven
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Dave Helling
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes recently joined with other NFL players in condemning racism and demanding that the league recognize the players' right to protest injustice.
"I am Tamir Rice," Mahomes says in the viral Black Lives Matter video, referring to the 12-year-old African American killed by the Cleveland police.
Mahomes' willingness to take a stand sent a potent message that resonated far beyond Kansas City. "He has been the MVP of this league. He has won a Super Bowl," said Doug Williams, a former NFL quarterback who's African American. "It says a lot that he wanted to be involved in pushing for … change. It was very powerful."…
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White KC mom of mixed family on why she constantly checks white privilege
Posted in Articles, Family/Parenting, Media Archive, Social Justice, United States on 2016-08-09 18:19Z by Steven
Aaron Randle, Culture Writer
Amanda and Kenton Campbell have a mixed daughter and adopted son from Haiti
"I'm so past the warm and fuzzy point," the 36-year-old mom says
Amanda Campbell is ready when you are.
Ready to get uncomfortable. Ready to share that article on your Facebook feed about why "Black Lives Matter" is necessary. Ready to explain to you why "All Lives Matter" is not. Ready to check you on your white privilege.
"I'm so past the warm and fuzzy point," the 36-year-old mom says, exasperated, as she leans back in the sofa in her Brookside living room. Her husband, Kenton Campbell, 33, who is black, lounges his 6-foot-3 frame on a chaise to her right.
Their mixed-race daughter, Jocelyn, 5, with cocoa butter skin and a head full of curls, lies across her lap fiddling with a baby doll. Isaac, 8, their dark-skinned, Haitian-born, adopted son, is in the sunroom around the corner toying with a video game.
"When people are like, 'I don't want to see (race), I don't want to hear about it,' that doesn't exist for me," Amanda says.
"Post-racial America" can try to be as blithely colorblind as it'd like. That isn't an option in the Campbell household. Race permeates the fabric of their existence.
Amanda recalls the time her aunt, who's also white, told her "she doesn't see color." Amanda began to tell her that was a load of crap. "Well actually, Aunty, being colorblind is …"
That's when Kenton, feeling his wife about to enter "White Ally" mode, tugged at her arm to reel her back in.
"He was like, 'Don't go there!' " she says with a laugh. "But it's like, if I don't go there …"
The sentiment is understood: If Amanda or any other white person who gets the complexities and struggles of black America doesn't take the opportunity to educate other whites in casual white-privilege moments, who else will?
"I'm ready to talk about (racism). But overall I would say 90 percent of America is not open to it," she says. "I'm not a percentage as vocal as I'd like to be, but I know that if you are too much, and some people think that I am, that there's a wall that comes up. It's a constant balancing act."
For the Campbells, everyday life as an interracial couple raising both a mixed and black child requires skillful straddling. On one hand, Amanda gets weary of having to educate others. But then again, as the sole white member of the family, she feels an obligation to operate as an ally and advocate, to call out prejudice when she sees it…
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Jewish girl overcomes a 'Little White Lie' about race
Posted in Articles, Autobiography, Judaism, Media Archive, Passing, Religion, United States on 2015-01-06 02:08Z by Steven
Jeneé Osterheldt
When I look at one of her old baby pictures, I think of my own childhood snapshots.
A mixed little girl sits happily in her white mama's lap. It's a sweet picture of Lacey Schwartz and her mother. But unlike me, she didn't know her true heritage until she was grown. Ironically, her last name means black in German and Yiddish, but Lacey grew up white.
Her caramel-latte brown skin and dark, curly hair stood out in her loving, upper-middle-class Jewish household in mostly white Woodstock, N.Y. The family had an explanation for that: Lacey looked like her father's Sicilian grandfather.
But deep down, she always wondered…
…"I lived over a decade in a racial closet," Lacey says. "Learning the truth was a relief that led to this larger search on how to integrate my two identities. I personally identify as biracial. But I look at that as a category of being black with the understanding that other biracial people may not feel that way."…
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Mixed roots, common bonds
Posted in Articles, Family/Parenting, Media Archive, United States on 2014-07-30 22:00Z by Steven
Her first year at KU [University of Kansas], Jasmin Moore noticed the black students sat together. The Hispanic students sat together. And everyone else did the same. This was over a decade ago.
"For the first time, I was trying to figure out where I belonged," she says. Her mom is white and her dad is black, and students pulled her in different directions, wanting her to declare herself. She found herself gravitating toward the Hispanic students. She looked like them. At the time, it was easier.
As she and her husband pursued graduate programs, they moved to Little Rock, Ark., where things are still very segregated and being mixed is an anomaly.
"People didn't know what to make of me," she says. "I got stares. I realized that for people in other places, being biracial is still a unique experience, and it's important to support others."
And that's why, now that she's back in town, she is helping rebuild the Multiracial Family Circle, now called Kansas City Mixed Roots…
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'The River Between Us': A story of survival and transformation
Posted in Articles, History, Interviews, Media Archive, Passing, United States on 2013-05-11 23:59Z by Steven
It's the eve of the Civil War in Richard Peck's novel "The River Between Us," and the country is rearranging itself for the coming conflict.
A prelude to the convulsion plays even in the tiny river-landing town of Grand Tower, Ill. That's where 15-year-old Tilly Pruitt notices that the boys her age are taking sides and itching to fight, including her twin brother, Noah.
A riverboat heading north stops in their town, likely the last one on the Mississippi before the war, and deposits the elaborately adorned Delphine Duval and her mysterious companion, Calinda.
Peck's book, a challenging historical novel for young adult readers, is the current selection of the FYI Book Club.
The Pruitt family takes in the newcomers, although it is barely surviving a hardscrabble life with no help from an absent father. From there the tale provides portals into multiracial politics and culture, the brutal reach of war and the confluence of family secrets and identity.
The multiple-award-winning Peck has written dozens of books for young readers. He will visit Kansas City May 3 for a Kansas City Public Library event with several other noted authors.
Here are edited excerpts of our conversation with Peck.
Q. Why a Civil War story?
A. It's a story that found me. I was trolling for whatever I might find in New Orleans historical museums, and I began to read about the real estate of the French Quarter. I learned that a majority of it before the Civil War was owned by women of mixed race who were called quadroons. They were the mistresses of white men, given homes and livings, and they were very fashionable and proud. They knew that if the South lost the war, they would lose their status. So they sent their daughters away. Those who were light enough to "pass" were sent north.
And you wondered what happened to them.
Yes, I chose a girl who could pass for white, particularly if she were among unsophisticated people who wouldn't know. The story became about a girl who has to reinvent herself in an "alien" country. And, of course, it's a love story. When she comes down the gangplank on the last riverboat to stop in Grand Tower before the war, Noah is there to see her. He's lost in a dream of love, but he also wants to fight. He wants to be a Yankee soldier…
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INDIEcent Exposure #1 — Munk Duane, "Argue With Gravity"
Munk Duane talks with INDIEcent Exposure about Life, Music, and more Life on our first episode
I really can't thank Munk enough for his generosity and honesty during our conversation. I can't think of a more ideal guest to kick off this show—his experience, talent, and attitude are all examples of the traits an entrepreneur musician needs to survive and thrive today. Give a listen to the show, and if you have any musician friends who could benefit from Munk's tale, send them our way…
Munk, a pioneer of podsafe music, achieves new levels of sophistication, but somehow manages to keep the emotional truths deliciously raw. With a "just-tapped" sense of honesty, "Argue With Gravity" presents listeners with a hard-won wisdom that is matched by an absolute mastery of the craft.
Argue With Gravity, by Munk Duane. Click on the album artwork to buy this release through our affiliate link from Amazon.com.
Here on the "Will Call," we spin "Where Is My Ever After?" Check out another track from this release, "Stupid Pride," on the Greylock Glass's news podcast, the Top Left Corner." Then, once you've gotten completely hooked on the sound, head on over to iTunes or Amazon.com (through our affiliate link) to pick up your copy of the CD or digital download.
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I Respect Music — Website supporting a new bill, Fair Play Fair Pay Act of 2015, that would update the law to ensure that artists are fairly paid on digital and AM/FM radio. The United States is the only democratic country in the world where artists don't get paid for radio airplay.
The short list of countries that share the United States' position on this issue includes Iran, North Korea, China, Vietnam, and Rwanda.
As a result of not paying their artists for radio airplay here in the United States, other democratic countries aren't paying American artists in their countries.
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Enterprise mobility is slowly taking the business to storm. In the coming decade, it is going to transform the businesses to a great level, irrespective of the business size as well as the way the business is being conducted.
The word transformation is a synonym for improvement in business. Without major advantages, the development cannot take place. Below are the advantages of the enterprise application that will help your business grow enormously.
Mobility not only digitizes the paperwork's but also helps your employee save the time. This also helps the management to optimize the management, which will ease the workflow. Enterprise application eliminates the communication gap between the remote employees and this will help the productivity of the remote employees. Flexibility in timing, as well as the location, will help your employee's work freely and this will help to boost the productivity together with the employee working experience.
Enterprise App's create the valuable digital experience for customers. It helps your customer realize the benefits of digital transformation. It gives real-time access to the insightful data to your employee and this will improve their customer service level. App's helps to build a healthy business ecosystem by providing vital information to customers at the right time.
Data sharing helps to access the insightful data in a real-time, screen sharing will help the customer engagement together with your management to make the quick decisions.
Different software integrated into Enterprise App's helps the business process go smoothly. This will save the cost as well as reduces the learning curve for different software.
Enterprise App's can pass valuable information to other employees, managers as well as the customers in a real time. In addition, the attributes of sharing infographics, voice messages will enhance the communication level of the organization.
Enterprise App's provide Data security from theft, as the data is controlled by single admin and Voice data can be secured by VPN. Enterprise App's can avoid the threat of data security due to mismanagement of the data.
Enterprise App's together with the IoT helps automation of business process. They help you to improve customer service and to develop a new digital business model. IoT controlled by enterprise App's gives a flexible as well as a scalable system for your business process, irrespective of the type of the industry.
Enterprise apps can reduce your customer support cost as all the corporate data can be obtained on mobile. This will reduce the cost incurred on stationary systems as well as other supporting systems.


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Can 'Doctor Sleep' be a worthy sequel to 'The Shining'?
By Sahir Palijo Published: September 16, 2019
While Stephen King has never gone out of fashion, it seems like his work is enjoying a bit of a film renaissance. However, Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining for the big screen has always remained a bit of a sensitive matter as far King was concerned since the horror writer has made it clear that he is not a big fan of the 1980 film. Based on King's 1977 novel of the same name, the story revolves around Jack Torrance, an aspiring writer who takes a job as the caretaker of the isolated Overlook Hotel during off-season.
Jack brings his wife and son along with him to reconnect with them, but the supernatural forces in the hotel drive him insane, leaving his family in danger. The term 'the shining' refers to telepathic powers possessed by Jack's son, Dan, who is able to see the hotel's horrific past.
In this age of endless prequels, sequels and reboots, it is unsurprising that Hollywood has decided to touch one of the most iconic horror films of all time. However, the one thing the film has going in its favour is the fact that the source material is good. Based on King's book, which was released in 2013 as a sequel to The Shining, the film adaptation of Doctor Sleep will have to work quite hard in order to live up to its predecessor.
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Mike Flanagan, who created, directed and wrote Netflix's highly acclaimed series, The Haunting of Hill House, has taken up the mantle to direct the the film. Flanagan's love for The Shining is evident from the fact that he reportedly spent days analysing every frame from the film in order to bring back some iconic moments from the classic to the sequel.
Doctor Sleep takes place after the incident at the Overlook Hotel with Dan, played by the talented Ewan McGregor, now an adult, still living with the trauma of his horrific past experiences. Dan encounters a young girl, Abra, who has similar psychic powers as him and gets pulled back into the horrors which he thought he had put behind him. The trailer takes Dan back to the Overlook Hotel where he faces the demons from his past, along with other, new horrors.
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Probably the most striking image from the trailer is the fact that we once again get to see the infamous twin sisters back in the hotel's hallways, along with the famous door Jack Torrance ripped through and yelled the iconic line "Here's Johnny!" But I think the scene which got me really hyped was the one where a blood shower was filling the hallway, which is quite the throwback to the ocean of blood scene in the prequel.
The film also stars Rebecca Ferguson who, from the looks of the trailer, seems to be playing the leader of a group of individuals who also possess psychic powers and are after Abra. Ferguson's character does not seem as menacing as she should be considering these characters come from the mind of Stephen King, who created Pennywise, Carrie and Cujo. Nonetheless, I'll reserve judgement about her performance till the film comes out because she definitely has the acting chops needed to pull off this role.
Doctor Sleep seems to have a more complicated plot compared to its classic predecessor, and while sometimes a complex plot sits well with the audience, most of the time it gets too confusing (case in point: Terminator Genysis, The Predator, It Chapter 2). The movie has got all the right ingredients needed to become a blockbuster, especially after the success of the IT franchise, but when there is too much going on in a movie, there's a lot of room for mistakes. The trailer does promise the psychological horror themes which made The Shining a huge hit, but will this approach work today when people look for only jump scares in horror movies? I guess we will have to wait and find out.
Doctor Sleep releases on October 30, 2019.
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Bill Gates has shared his predications on when lives may go back to normal next year, saying the coronavirus vaccines should start to have a 'global impact' by spring.
The Microsoft billionaire also reckons that while we will likely have to live with various restrictions, eventually, life 'will be much closer to normal than it is now'.
Gates discussed his thoughts on what has been a 'devastating year' in a new post on his blog, GatesNotes, promising that there is 'good news coming in 2021.
Gates warned that we are 'not out of the woods quite yet', explaining how computer models suggest the pandemic could get 'even worse over the next month or so' and that we need to learn about the new variant of the virus – which appears to spread faster but not to be more deadly.
But he also flagged some positive news that we can cling onto as we enter 2021, writing: "There are two main reasons to be hopeful. One is that masks, social distancing, and other interventions can slow the spread of the virus and save lives while vaccines are being rolled out.
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"The other reason to be hopeful is that in the spring of 2021, the vaccines and treatments you've been reading about in the news will start reaching the scale where they'll have a global impact. Although there will still need to be some restrictions (on big public gatherings, for example), the number of cases and deaths will start to go down a lot–at least in wealthy countries–and life will be much closer to normal than it is now."
Gates – who is the world's second richest man – previously said he believed a deadly disease was on its way, forewarning the world that we wouldn't be ready for such a global pandemic.
Speaking back in 2018 during a discussion about epidemics, hosted by the Massachusetts Medical Society and the New England Journal of Medicine, Gates explained how a new pandemic would probably kill 30 million within six months, adding that we should prepare for it as we would for a war.
Fast forward to this year, and the businessman has donated tens of millions of dollars through the Gates Foundation to the fight against coronavirus.
Hailing the development of vaccines as a key reason to remain hopeful, Gates praised the co-operation of scientists around the globe, who have managed to produce not one solution, but several – with Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca among approved vaccines in some countries.
"Given the scale of the problem and the urgency of solving it, many pharmaceutical companies are seeing the benefit of working together in new ways like this," he said.
"It's similar to how, during World War II, the U.S. ramped up its manufacturing capacity at a mind-blowing rate by converting auto factories into tank and truck factories–only this time, the government isn't involved. Companies are responding to the crisis by doing away with business as usual."
He added: "This global cooperation is one reason why I see promise in the year ahead–and not only the promise of getting the pandemic under control. I believe the world also has a chance to take concrete steps on one of the other great challenges of our time: climate change."
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Priorities. These vary among couples. A good number are willing to shell out a significant amount for fabulous photos. Some would rather spend more on the honeymoon than the wedding. Still others would never let music fade into the background. But if there is one element that I daresay is a priority for ALL couples, it's the FOOD.
People may not notice the intricate beading on the bride's gown, or the variety of flowers the couple painstakingly selected with the florist, or the reception design and set-up that took the stylist months of planning and research. But they will definitely have something to say about the food. If they were delectably satisfied, they will be raving about it for months. Otherwise, the untouched food on their plates and the way they subtly left the reception much too early will silently yell out the discontentment of the guests. Feed the guests well and they will stay on until the wee hours of the morning if need be.
So we knew the selection process for the caterers required more time. And with over a year and a half left for planning, we definitely had plenty of that.
As major sponsors of the Wedding Expo Philippines 12th Edition, three catering companies lorded over a quarter part of the massive venue for free food tasting. They showcased not only their appetizers, entrees, and desserts, but their styling prowess as well, with their elaborate set-up and beautiful blooms. One of these caterers were Juan Carlo the Caterer.
Along with my fiance's mother and little sister, we took to their buffet table mid-afternoon for a late-lunch-slash-snack. Because we had lunch before heading to the Expo, we weren't exactly very hungry, but the food seemed to whet our appetites. Almost everything was delicious, from the entrees to the desserts, even down to their fragrant water, which had a hint of pandan. My fiance's younger sister took seconds of several dishes. My fiance's mom, who was a cook herself, was quite satisfied as well.
The set-up was pretty, and the flowers they used were very elegant.
Their service was impeccable and efficient, with a friendly and polite crew. Mark Abrea, who I met at a bridal fair in Megamall, took care of us, making sure that we were sufficiently attended to.
My parents got Josiah's Catering for my 18th Birthday Celebration. The food was fabuluous, including the wide selection of desserts and the entire section for Japanese food such as Makis, Sushis and Sashimis.
A lot can definitely change in six years.
We sampled the food of Josiah's during the Wedding Expo Philippines 12th Edition. We were actually pretty hungry when we got to their area. After hours of roaming the stalls in the Expo, we seized the opportunity for an early dinner. I showed them my SMS invitation for food-tasting, and we were ushered to the buffet station.
Even after settling in our seats, none of the account managers approached us, not even the one who contacted me in the first place. The service crew weren't as responsive as expected. It took several requests before we were served water. And they weren't very friendly either. We didn't feel taken care of as compared to our experience with Juan Carlo the Caterer, which even my fiance's mom noticed.
This all wouldn't have mattered if their food more than made up for their service (or lack thereof). But it didn't.
Let's just say that we had plenty of food on our plates left untouched. Most of their dishes were quite bland, while their soup, which might have been their best bet, was ironically, a little too salty. Add to that, the entrees were already cold and dry. It might have already been late in the afternoon, but their warmers should have been able to keep the food, well, warm at the very least.
My parents weren't surprised by this verdict. They had recently attended several weddings with Josiah's as caterer, and their feedback mirrored ours.
Their set-up was decent, although it wasn't spectacular. But our primary concern was the food, so this wasn't really an issue anymore.
I actually heard positive things about Josiah's from a couple of suppliers I encountered, saying that their service is excellent and that they were very professional. I suppose they just weren't the caterer for us.
Kaye Cunanan, and her partner, Kar Reyes, are charming and delightful. The postive feedback about them are overwhelming, and I am certain that a major factor here is because of their personalized client service, and fresh ideas.
Their set-up precisely reflected their image and personality – youthful but elegant, creative but timeless. I had my heart set on booking them, but my fiance, being the sensible man that he is, reminded me that it is important that we taste their food first. So we did. After meeting Kar at the Wedding Expo Philippines 12th Edition, we set the date for the food-tasting at Kaye's house.
K by Cunanan is innovative not only when it comes to their styling, but also in their dishes as well. This can come out both positive and negative. I personally like trying dishes with an odd mix of flavors, which tickle my taste buds. But that's me. I admit I have an unorthodox taste when it comes to food. I enjoy tofu and mushrooms, and can enjoy a combination of sinigang with corned beef. So I actually can't trust even myself when it comes to food, so I usually bring others along who have more discriminating tastes.
For the food-tasting with K by Cunanan, I requested my parents and my fiance's Mom and younger brother to come along. It was an unexpectedly long drive, as Kaye's house was a little too far into their village but it wasn't a problem. Kaye was very nice and accommodating. Before the soup was served, she talked us through different ideas for the reception and gave us tips on seating the guests. The food-tasting also turned out to be a nice bonding experience among our parents, as we spent over two hours in Kaye's house. After, we bid goodbye and she sent us off with a smile.
While she was a delight to talk to and her ideas were wonderful, my parents and my fiance's mom weren't completely satisfied with the food. They felt the dishes were a either a little too ordinary or they were a little too different for their taste. My fiance's younger brother and I actually thought the food was excellent, precisely because it was different. But I do have to consider other guests' expectations. It's always best to stay on the safe side.
I read one blog where they remarked that K by Cunanan's food is a hit among the younger crowd, but it wasn't as well-received among the older ones. I suppose this was applicable as well to my experience. And while I would have loved to work with Kaye and Kar, I suppose, again, that they were not the caterer for us.
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On March 5, 2005, the Article 29 Working Party, an independent European advisory body on data protection and privacy, adopted Opinion 3/2009 (.pdf). The opinion comments on European Commission proposals designed to ensure that all data processors, including contractors hired by other data processors, are contractually required to protect sensitive data. Those proposals, contained in a Draft Commision decision which has not yet been made public, would update the standard contract clauses for the transfer of personal data to processors outside the European Union. As the Working Party explains, the Draft Commission decision proposes to update the standard contract clauses to reflect increasingly common "global outsourcing," in which data is transferred from controller to processor to sub-processor, and often to subsequent "sub-sub processors." In their current form, "the standard contractual clauses of 2002/16/EC do not provide a means to deal with these complex onward transfers." Thus, the Draft Commission decision includes additional contract clauses to address these multi-layered transfers, and the Working Party Opinion comments on the proposed clauses.
Recognizing that the "current organisational pattern of worldwide markets" includes "long chains of sub-processors," the Working Party announces its acceptance of "a multi-layered sub processing clause, on condition that appropriate safeguards are laid down to protect data subjects." To ensure that protection, the Working Party suggests that sub-processing decisions should be accompanied by "careful assessment of the specific requirements and features of the processing operations," with particular attention devoted to ensuring that the initial purpose for which the controller transferred the data is not altered. The Working Party also recommends that data exporters adopt policies and procedures to protect the rights of data subjects, such as identifying a specific corporate contact for data subjects.
The Working Party concludes that the proposed clauses adequately ensure that sub processing operations maintain the same level of protection reflected in the standard contractual clauses. At the same time, exporters are advised to keep a list of processors and sub processors in the contractual chain, and data protection authorities are encouraged to audit data importers and sub processors. The Working Party also recommends that the law of the data exporter's state apply to sub processing contracts.
There is some debate as to whether all of Working Party's proposals are feasible. For example, Hunton and Williams, which has been involved in the International Chamber of Commerce's efforts to update the standard contractual clauses, has questioned the viability of audits of sub-processors located outside the EU, as well as the workability of applying the law of the data controller's country to agreements between processors and sub-processors.
The Draft Commission decision is not yet public. According to a BNA article, the decision will now move to the Article 31 Committee of member state representatives. 8 PVLR 457. If the Article 31 Committee supports the proposal, it will move to the European Parliament, which will have 30 days to examine it and issue a recommendation before the decision is adopted.
Opinion 3/2009 on the Draft Commission Decision on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to processors established in third countries, under Directive 95/46/EC is available here.


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Summary An old numbering for Clapboard Road in Bridgewater.
Route 67A was a 1.20-mile highway along Clapboard Road in Bridgewater, leading from Route 133 to Route 67. Originally this was part of Route 67 itself.
In 1959, a new section of New Milford Road opened to the north, and Route 67 was moved there, giving it a straighter alignment. Clapboard Road became Route 67A.
In 1964, Route 67A was renumbered to SR 867, and numbered signposts were removed.


For many, strength training still carries an aura of mystery around it. There is a popular belief that strength training is only for those who want to build muscle mass. While there is an essence of truth here, this is not the only benefit. In fact the benefits of strength training are such that there is not one single type of person that could not benefit from incorporating some form of strength training into their exercise regime. In this post we have rounded up 5 benefits of strength training that might surprise you.
Increased muscle mass means an increased BMR (basal metabolic rate). Your BMR is the rate at which you burn and use calories in a rested state. Everyone needs a certain amount of calories per day to function and this amount is influenced by a range of different factors such as height, weight, lifestyle and more importantly muscle mass. Muscles need calories as fuel, meaning those with more muscle mass can eat more calories without them being stored as fat. While cardio is great for burning calories instantly, consistent weight training will allow you to burn more calories while you are resting. In addition, strength training has a much greater level of excess post-exercise oxygen consumption than cardio meaning when you finish a weightlifting session your body needs to work harder to bring itself back to a normal state (the way it was before you worked out). This takes a lot of energy, and some studies have shown that it can boost your metabolism for up to 38 hours after you finish your workout.
All exercise, cardio vascular or strength releases endorphins, aka the "happy hormone". However strength training has been known to significantly increase confidence and self-esteem. While there is no hard science to back this point, many who have incorporated strength training into their exercise regime have commented that this new strength and ability has boosted their confidence outside of the gym.
This point is closely linked to the first point re BMR. In addition to this, lifting weights actually burns a considerable amount of calories in the gym, contributing to fat loss.
A study at the University of British Columbia has shown that weight training, over other forms of training such as cardio, has a positive effect on brain functions which include attention, memory and higher-order brain functions like conflict resolution. This is due to higher levels of receptor/effector communication, motor unit recruitment, and neural stimulation. During weight training, you're also training your central nervous system (CNS) which consists of the brain and spinal cord. The reason why Olympic lifters are able to lift the weights they do is because they've trained their CNS to adapt to such intense stress.
Contrary to popular belief, regular exercise does not make you more tired but actually increases energy. On a very basic level this is due to your body rising up to meet the challenge for more energy by becoming stronger. Aerobic and anaerobic exercise increase the number of mitochondria in your body. Mitochondria are small structures inside human cells that produce energy which work continuously to change the energy gained from food into cellular energy that powers the muscles and tissue of the body. The number of mitochondria in your body at any one point in time is not constant; they deplete as we get older and can be increased by exercise. Increasing the amount of mitochondria in your body results in more energy and a longer duration.


The Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series (Dubai Open), an 18 Goal Handicap competition, enters its seventh year under the Patronage of HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai. The tournament is now the highest handicap in the UAE. At the press conference on Monday, January 18, 2016 at The St. Regis Dubai at Al Habtoor City, the organising committee conducted a live draw for the McLaren Cup 2016.
The Dubai Open has been split into two tournaments. Starting with the McLaren Cup 2016, which runs from Friday January 22, 2016 to Friday February 5, 2016. The second tournament, the Julius Baer Gold Cup, commences on Friday, February 19, 2016 to Friday March 11, 2016.
First founded by Mohammed Al Habtoor in 2009, the Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series is the premier regional polo competition of the year, and attracts VIPs, society figures, and senior corporate executives from across the GCC. It has grown in tandem with the city of Dubai and since 2012, it is the only tournament in the UAE to be recognized and certified by the World Polo Tour (WPT). It is played under the banner of the Hurlingham Polo Association (HPA), with the Gold Cup being played according to HPA rules and the provision of umpires is managed under strict international supervision by the HPA.
The participating teams will host some of the top-ranking World Polo Tour players, including Pablo Mac Donough, the 10-goal superstar and two-time 'Triple Crown Champion with La Dolfina'; Lucas Montverde (9-goal handicap); Guillermo Terrera (8-goal handicap), Alfredo Cappella Barabucci (8-goal handicap) and Alejandro Novillo Astrada (8-goal handicap) and many others.
The Dubai Polo Gold Cup will be held at the Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club in Arabian Ranches.
The DPGC Series has wrapped up its latest season with resounding success. Each year the tournament reaches new heights. In 2012 the Dubai Gold Cup Series was recognized by the World Polo Tour (WPT) and in January 2014 the WPT committee announce that the Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series' has enabled it's important tournament (Gold Cup) for being the highest tournament in points within the Challenge Cup category by raising to 50 points for the winners. The certificate of entry was presented by the international polo. In 2015 marked the first time ever that the World Polo Tour (WPT) upgraded the Tournament from 'Challenge Cup' to the highly coveted 'WPT Cup', meaning winners received 60 points. The 18 goal handicap competition is now the highest handicapped event in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, ranking it among the best polo tournaments worldwide.
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The story takes place in a small southern town, at the nearby college for blacks, and in New York City during the late 1930s. Although Ellison denies any autobiographical elements in the novel, the town and college are reminiscent of his own Tuskegee Institute. More important than the place is the time of the setting. The narrator arrives in New York during the rise of socialism, expecting to contribute to and benefit from the changing times. Instead, he is continually duped. He lives in a basement apartment illuminated by 1,369 light bulbs, which provide, symbolically, enough light to examine his identity but which physically would produce enough heat to destroy life. Through a mistake, the power company pays his electric bill. A cave dweller, invisible to the world, the narrator searches for enlightenment within a supposedly enlightened society.


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The Mood Factory Hosts "The Future Of Health" on March 18th
THE MOOD FACTORY HOSTS THE 'FUTURE OF HEALTH' ON MARCH 18TH, A FREE ONLINE DAY OF CALLS TO ACTION FROM LEADING EXPERTS IN MENTAL HEALTH, FOR FIRST EVER WORLD HAPPINESS AGORA
THERE IS NO HEALTH WITHOUT MENTAL HEALTH
Boston, US (March 13, 2019) – The International Foundation of Research and Education (iFred) founder and The Mood Factory Chief Mood Officer Kathryn Goetzke, is curating and hosting 'The Future of Health' on March 18th from 8 am EST to 6pm EST for the first ever World Happiness Virtual Agora. The event is taking place online, with free access to all for The Future of Health, and is bringing together leading scientists, educators, innovators, technologists, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and youth to share why and how mental health must be addressed today. The event sign-up is available this link: http://ow.ly/VGQ750lDynw, or you can watch live from iFred's Facebook page and see live tweets on Twitter @ifredorg.
The World Happiness Virtual Agora is a five day event from 8:00am-6:00pm EST Monday, March 18 through Friday March 22, and is offering the first day "The Future of Health" free. As over one billion people globally have a mental, neurodevelopment, or substance use disorder, it impacts everyone in some way. Luis Gallardo, Founder of the World Happiness Agora states that "we have recognized mental health as one of the key contributors to illness, loneliness and overall misery in the world, so we have given it a fundamental role in the agenda and make it the first topic to be addressed during happiness week. We give it this significance, with the aim to eradicate mental health stigma, knowing that normalizing mental health as we do physical health, and making it a part of in everyday conversation, is a fundamental factor in creating a world of equality, health, and happiness for all".
Kathryn Goetzke, MBA, Founder of iFred, President & Chief Mood Officer of The Mood Factory, curated the first day of World Happiness Virtual Agora, Health and Happiness, bringing together colleagues from around the world to share their work and hope for the future. "We have a growing challenge with mental health, as depression and anxiety in youth are rising at significant rates, and the stigma of mental health is strong. Yet we have proven, effective treatments, there is a positive return on investment for many solutions, and there is a great deal of hope to be celebrated," said Goetzke. "It is an honor and privilege to bring together these thought leaders and share their incredible work with the broader community interested in creating a happier and healthier future for all."
The 'Future of Health' Day is set-up of Ted type 20-minute talks, with key insights from experts with calls to action we collectively need to take to address this significant issue.
The Future of Health March 18th Agenda:
8:00am – Luis Gallardo, MBA, Juan Jose Reyes, MD, and Kathryn Goetzke, MBA
The Future of Health
8:05am- Shekhar Saxena, MD, FRCPsych, DAB
Mental Health and Our Future
8:30am- Sheila Dutta, PhD, MPH
Making the Business Case for Mental Health
9:00am- Dr. Antonella Santuccione Chadha, MD, Co-founder & CEO, The Women's Brain Project and Maria Teresa Ferrett, PhD , Scientific Officer, The Women's Brain Project
Health & The Women's Brain
9:30am- Barbara Van Dahlen, PhD, PhD
Time to Change Direction
10:00am- John M. Grohol, PsyD
Connecting with Community Online
10:30am- Dr. Dixon Chibanda, MD
Connecting Generations through Communities
11:00am-Elizabeth Lombardo, PhD
Making Happiness a Habit
11:30am- Garen Staglin
One Mind for Brain Health
12:00pm – Moitreyee Sinha, PhD
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12:30pm- Gary Belkin, MD, PhD, MPH
How to: Cities Thrive
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Mind, Meet Body; Merging mental and physical healthcare
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Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 2 Recap: Truth or Consequences
As Daenerys and Cersei rally their allies, Game of Thrones stretches back all the way to its first season to show how the past can determine the future.
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This week's Game of Thrones opens with a callback to the past. As Daenerys settle into her new digs at Dragonstone—the very same castle where she was born—the island is blasted by a ferocious storm. Tyrion, whose brain never stops churning, can't resist raising the parallel. "On a night like this, you came into the world," he reflects as they watch the roiling storm together.
Daenerys Stormborn. Before all the titles Daenerys has earned over the course of Game of Thrones—Unburnt, Mother of Dragons, Breaker of Chains—there's "stormborn," which was bestowed upon her as a baby, when her mother gave birth to her during what some have described the most ferocious storm Westeros has ever seen.
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For better or worse, the title "stormborn" is a key part of Daenerys' ever-growing legend; just as allies can spin "stormborn" as resilience, enemies can spin it as chaos. It's the same paradox that greeted the great red comet that appeared over Westeros in Season Two—which was interpreted, depending who you asked, as either a tribute to Robb Stark's bloody victory against the Lannisters ,or a sign that the Lannisters would rise again in triumph. Maybe that impossibly powerful storm was sent by the gods, heralding the birth of a baby who would someday be impossibly powerful herself. Or maybe it was just some very timely bad weather.
Or, to put it another way: Things happen, but the meaning of those things is always in question. And Westeros is a land with a long memory. People get credit for the deeds (or blame for the misdeeds) of their fathers, or father's fathers, or the ancestors that were born centuries before anyone who remains alive in Westeros now. A single action can permanently define the legacy of a person or family for as long as there are people to tell stories, and maesters to write them down.
But for all Game of Thrones' obsessions with legacy, the present grows more important with every episode. And that's why it's so significant that so many characters are starting to see the consequences of decisions they made so long ago (and in a few cases, at the very beginning of the series). Season Seven is moving with startling speed, as every remaining political faction in Westeros weighs the stakes—which are almost invariably very personal—and chooses a side in the big war to come.
There are choices to be made, and arguments on both sides, because a single misstep can turn an ally into an enemy. Tyrion cautions Daenerys against adding yet another name to her list of titles: "Queen of Ashes." With her dragons, Daenerys could probably fly over to King's Landing and burn Cersei's army into cinders. (And given how quickly Euron Greyjoy snuffs out Yara and Theon's army of ships with a sneak attack, Daenerys probably should have been a little quicker on the trigger.) But Daenerys doesn't want to be the kind of queen who rules solely by intimidation and force. Her plan is a measured one: Use the Unsullied and Dothraki to take over the Lannister homestead of Casterly Rock, and use the Dornish and Tyrell armies to enact a nonviolent siege against King's Landing, forcing Cersei to surrender so her subjects won't starve.
That latter part of the plan is doomed to failure, of course. (For one thing, Cersei doesn't give a shit if all her subjects starve.) And Cersei, for her part, is already working to turn people against Daenerys by drawing a direct comparison to the tyranny of her father, the Mad King. "His daughter is no different," she warns, raising the specter of the slavers Daenerys had crucified in Essos. It's the same argument Sansa raises against Jon Snow answering Daernerys' call for an alliance, and for a distinctly personal reason. "Have you forgotten what happened to our grandfather?" Sansa asks, citing the cruelty of the Mad King—who died before she was even born—as a reason not to trust his daughter.
And under different circumstances, that might be enough. Westeros is governed by tradition and insularity, and this "foreign queen" with a "foreign army" makes an easy scapegoat for the realm's problems. (I'm loath to be one of those annoying writers who draws parallels Game of Thrones and modern politics, but damn, does this episode seem to be inviting the comparison.)
But having grabbed power via ruthlessness, the Lannisters are belatedly learning the cost of it. By killing Margaery and Loras Tyrell, Cersei hasn't just lost her greatest army; she's driven it into the hands of her own greatest rival for the throne. When Jaime asks Randyll Tarly to sign on as a general in the upcoming war, Randyll replies by citing his own extended history with Olenna Tyrell, whom he's reluctant to betray. He even gets in a separate dig about the Lannisters' role in the Red Wedding: "We don't stab our rivals in the back or cut their throats at weddings." Tywin Lannister may have defeated Robb Stark in the moment, but that story will haunt the Lannisters forever.
That is, with one unlikely exception: Tyrion Lannister, who has personally overcome tremendous odds to rise to his position as Queen's Hand to Daenerys. It started at birth, when he was rejected by both his family and by society as a whole for his stature. Since then, he has been (falsely) slandered by his sister, who happens to be the queen; correctly labeled a drunk and a lech for most of his adult life; and essentially exiled after murdering his own father, which happens to be one of the most inviolate taboos in Westeros.
But Tyrion's innate goodness is yielding unexpected benefits when he needs it most. Even Sansa, who has openly advocating for letting the sins of the father pass on to the child, is forced to concede that Tyrion was always good to her, and can't be painted with the same brush as the rest of the Lannisters.
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It's an opinion shared by Jon Snow, who formed an unlikely bond with Tyrion all the way back in the first season, when he was a fresh recruit at the Wall. Jon, seeking dragonglass to fight the White Walkers, already had his eye on Dragonstone. That's where Samwell Tarly—described by Jon, significantly, as "a man I trust as much as anyone in this world"—says he can find all the dragonglass he needs.
But the clincher for Jon's journey to Dragonstone is the letter he receives from Tyrion himself, who invites Jon to come meet Daenerys Targaryen. Long, long ago, Tyrion earned Jon's trust when neither of them wielded anything close to the power they now wield, and Tyrion hasn't let that personal relationship fall away. Of all the things Tyrion could have written to prove his identity to Jon, he selected a single sentence from a private conversation about the unique kind of pain they share: "All dwarves are bastards in their fathers' eyes."
It's worth noting that all the elaborate schemes in Game of Thrones—massive battles, political marriages, et al.—have ultimately failed. The truly lasting alliances have been formed on real, human connections. And that's why it's satisfying to see the show returning to old friends like Arya's former ally Hot Pie, who has had a tremendous impact on her despite a total lack of political power, or taking the time to allow Grey Worm and Missandei—almost certain to be ignored in the Maesters' histories—to consummate their love before he goes off to battle.
Even someone like Jeor Mormont will likely end up a footnote in Westerosi history—remembered, perhaps, for giving a Valyrian steel sword to legend-in-the-making Jon Snow. But Jeor's fundamental decency has rippled in some immediate and unexpected ways. Jorah Mormont owes his last shot at beating greyscale to Samwell Tarly, and purely because Sam had so much affection and reverence for Jorah's father, who briefly served as his lord commander in the Night's Watch. For all the bluster of the archmaester, he did give Sam one piece of advice that has worked out for pretty much everyone in Game of Thrones who has lived by it: "This is your moment. Use it wisely."
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Whatcom Museum Offers In-Person Programs this Summer
The Whatcom Museum is excited to offer a variety of in-person summer programs and activities for people of all ages. From the return of a community art project in June called Whatcom Squared to summer camps for kids to History Sunset Cruises, the Museum hopes to offer history and art experiences in a fun, safe way.
Community members will turn the Lightcatcher building's glass Lightwall into a massive "stained glass" patchwork by creating artworks on large transparent squares as part of the second offering of Whatcom Squared. During the month of June, the Museum will have 3-foot-square plastic sheets available for free for community members to pick up and take home to draw on. The Museum hopes people will show what a Whatcom summer looks like. Squares can be picked up at the Museum's Lightcatcher building and need to be returned by June 27.
"We're so excited to be able to welcome people back to the Museum, and there's nothing I like more than seeing all the kooky and creative ways our community expresses itself," said Drew Whatley, lead educator at the Museum. "…I would love to see a whole rainbow of colors from dozens of different squares totally transform the Lightcatcher building, but the coolest part will be how the community places its own stamp on the building."
The Museum will hang the transparencies on the window squares inside the building to create a huge mosaic of stained glass. By playing with and changing one of the central elements of the building, namely the light that floods in the Lightwall during summertime, the community can make the Museum their own. In addition to offering transparencies for people to take home, the Museum will host two work parties on June 5 or June 26 to help people find inspiration, and with markers and supplies available for use.
The Museum is offering "superhero" summer camps this year at the Lightcatcher building for children ages 4 – 10. Half-day science- and art-themed camps will be led by Museum educators for children 4 – 6 years old. Kids will grow crystals, build marble mazes, and create other STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) activities at the science camp, or learn about different artists and their techniques, while creating their own paintings at the art camp. Full day camps for children 7 – 10 years old will focus on roleplaying games and how to create them, or photography and filmmaking.
Camp sessions are a week long and begin July 12, with one offering of each camp type. More information about session details, what parents can expect, and fees can be found at www.whatcommuseum.org/learn/camps. The Museum will follow health and safety protocols for summer camps, including wearing face coverings, regular hand and surface sanitizing and more.
After missing last summer's annual History Sunset Cruises due to Covid-19, the Museum is excited to resume these beloved waterside history lessons aboard San Juan Cruises' Victoria Star boat. History Cruises will sail Tuesdays, July 13 – August 31, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Participants get great close-up views of parks, businesses, industry and neighborhoods from Bellingham Bay, with Bellingham historians Brian Griffin or Doug Starcher serving as tour guides. They tie their knowledge of local history with up-to-date facts about bayside activities. Their narrative of history, trivia and current events makes cruise guests feel they are becoming experts on their community and gives new understanding of the area to both locals and visitors.
Tickets are $35 for Museum members and $40 for non-members. No group rates will be offered this year due to capacity limitations. Children ages 5 and younger are free but must be pre-registered. Purchase tickets through Eventbrite.com or in-person at the Museum Store inside the Lightcatcher, 250 Flora St.


As much as I've always valued your presence in the classroom, I don't think I fully appreciated everything you do until I became an adult student myself.
This letter begins with a story.
Night classes were always my favorite part of the day when I was an adjunct professor, because they were typically filled with folks my age or older. But one evening in the middle of the semester, caffeine boost in one hand and Soup-on-the-Go in the other, I was crashing, and I could see in my students' eyes that they were crashing too. About 10 minutes into my lesson, one student charged through the door with a baby on her hip, wrestling with an impossibly full diaper bag. Despite her best efforts to bounce the baby on her knee and calm her down, she cried through most of the class.
The other students – many of them parents themselves – offered advice and encouraging smiles. And then there was me. Who brings a baby into class? I thought, teeth tightening and blood pressure rising. It's distracting. It's inconsiderate. I got through the lesson and as I stooped to pack up my things, felt a hand on my shoulder.
I continue to flush with shame when I think of that moment. I was 25 and selfish and agitated by what I couldn't understand, and I wore it all over my face. In the college writing center, where I also worked part-time, we cultivated an environment where students would feel helped and supported: a culture of easing students' stress instead of adding to it. And I had failed to do this in my own classroom.
As an adult learner, you're part of a demographic that is on the rise, currently making up 40% of the student population and increasing at a greater rate than traditional learners. You likely have different needs than your younger classmates, like more frequently offered courses, evening, weekend, and online sessions, accessible career services, and advisors who understand your schedule. I've cared about and continued to stay in touch with students of all ages over the years. But there has always been something special about you. You're not here because your parents told you to be. You're here in the morning after working the night shift, and sleep will come later. You're paying for this out of pocket, and sometimes, you're paying your tuition and your child's tuition at the same time. You want this in a way that can only come from having gone without, continuing to go without, because you believe that strongly in a better future for yourself.
If you're Dolores, you bring your acoustic guitar to class and sing protest songs, remind the teenagers that their fight today comes from a long tradition of standing up and speaking out. If you're Brittany, you stay on the phone with me when my evening bus breaks down and promise to watch over the class until I can get there – you even order us pizza for dinner. You jump in and take charge when you're needed. You sit awaiting the moment when your years of experience in the military or at the plant or the other times you tried community college before become relevant, and you teach the traditional students that everything happens in its own time. You teach me, too.
As much as I've always valued your presence in the classroom, I don't think I fully appreciated everything you do until I became an adult student myself. The first time I went back to school, I had really never left. I was 21 and started the semester after graduation. I lived at home. My job, just on the other side of town, was 30 hours a week and even less in the summer. Life was a comparative breeze to this time around, in my 30s, living in an apartment in one city and working an hour away in another, occasionally tutoring on the side for extra cash. I carefully calculate transit times, though sometimes D.C. traffic gets the better of me and I stumble in 10 minutes late, apologizing as I arrange the food I've accumulated throughout the day for tonight's dinner.
There are more responsibilities and activities that fill my days now. I devour books as soon as they come in the mail. I ask about assignments long before they're due, budgeting time in anticipation of a big meeting or an upcoming report at work. Now I understand that adult students who requested that I post materials ahead of schedule, who asked about certain assignments months in advance. We want to do it all, and we want to do it all well.
I think of that woman from years ago, holding her baby, every time one of my professors tells me not to worry about the D.C. traffic or brings food in for the class to share. I think of her whenever one of my students has to leave early to take care of a sick kid or asks for additional reading, hungry for their money's worth. She reminds me to practice compassion, to be a help and not an impediment to your journey. We are all simply doing our best with what we've got, but you probably already know that.


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Karl Wilhelm Pohlke (28 January 1810 in Berlin – 27 November 1876 in Berlin) was a German painter who established an important geometric statement, which is fundamental for axonometric projections. The statement is called Pohlke's theorem.

Life
Karl Wilhelm Pohlke was taught painting by Wilhelm Hensel at the Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Künste in Berlin and participated in his first exhibition there in 1832. After finishing his studies he earned his living for some years painting landscapes and teaching perspective drawing privately.
In 1835 Pohlke went to France and improved his abilities at the École des Beaux-Arts with Louis Étienne Watelet and Léon Cogniet. In 1843 he went to Italy. After 10 years he returned in 1845 to Berlin, where he got 1849 at the Königlichen Bauakademie an appointment as lecturer and in 1860 was promoted to Professor for Descriptive Geometry and Perspective.

Between 1860 and 1876 he published a textbook on descriptive geometry, consisting of two volumes, where he introduced (in the 1st volume) his statement, later called "Pohlke's theorem" on axonometric projections: "Any three line segments  in a plane but not on a line can be considered as the parallel projection of three edges  of a cube." This theorem is the mathematical justification of a commonly used drawing method and is a remarkable contribution of an artist to mathematics.

Selected works

Book
 Zehn Tafeln zur darstellenden Geometrie. Gaertner-Verlag, Berlin 1876 (Google Books.)
 1st volume: Darstellung der geraden Linien und ebenen Flächen,so wie der aus ihnen zusammengesetzten Gebilde, vermittelst der verschiedenen Projektionsarten
 2nd volume: Darstellung einiger krummer Linien und krummen Flächen

Paintings
 Brunnen am Vierwaldstätter See,
 Blick auf Glienicke, at Glienicke Palace, Berlin

External links
 Pohlke's Theorem -- from Wolfram MathWorld
 Institut für Mathematik und Informatik der Universität Greifswald: Mathematik und Kunst: Karl Wilhelm Pohlke

1810 births
1876 deaths
Engineers from Berlin
Artists from Berlin


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Michigan Alternative Energy and the Emerging Michigan Bio-Economy
Currently, the "greening of Michigan" seems be centering on Michigan alternative energy. Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm signed into law an energy plan focusing on renewable energy sources such as wind and solar energy and hydro power for Michigan's future energy needs. The package mandates that 10% of Michigan's energy will come from sustainable sources by the year 2015. It also ensures the creation of tens of thousands of new jobs in Michigan in the renewable energy industry.
The development of Michigan alternative energy also focuses on the use of biotechnologies or biobased technologies, particularly the use of biomass for electricity, biofuel, heat, and raw materials. Biomass refers to the conversion of plant material and animal and municipal waste into energy. It is energy that is both easily recyclable and renewable.
Like wind and solar energy, biomass would allow us to replace our dependence on limited and non-renewable sources of energy like petroleum oil and fossil fuels like coal with more sustainable alternatives. This would create a bio-economy for Michigan and the US, as well as across the globe, where there are already many initiatives in place to utilize biobased technologies as energy solutions.
Michigan's rich abundance of natural resources makes it perfectly suited for an economy based on biotechnologies.
The production of ethanol, fuel derived from crops such as corn, wheat, and soybeans, is another option. And since the hemp plant has even greater potential than these other crops to provide a sustainable source of biofuel, Michigan would be remiss in not joining the cause to legalize and implement Industrial Hempcrops throughout the state for this purpose, and for it's other environmentally friendly applications as well.
Michigan already has several ethanol plants in operation and is making use of E-10 ethanol blended fuels at gas pumps throughout the state. E-10 has a ratio of 10% ethanol to 90% gasoline. We still have a way to go, however, before pure ethanol is utilized as a primary alternative fuel. The more highly concentrated "E-85" ethanol consisting of 85% ethanol to 15% gasoline is not as widely available and is for use in flexible fuel vehicles known as FFV's. In fact, you may be driving an FFV car and not even know it!
The Michigan Dept of Agriculture states that "Big Three automakers have manufactured nearly five million FFVs in the United States, yet most people don't know they're driving an FFV and simply fill them up with unleaded gasoline. It's estimated that nearly 240,000 FFVs were in use in Michigan in early 2006."
FFV vehicles are specifically designed to be powered by E-85 ethanol, and can even detect the ratio of ethanol to gasoline in order to adjust themselves and run more efficiently. The number of E-85 pumps operating throughout the state is expected to increase in the future as production of ethanol in Michigan increases.
Biodiesel fuel is another Michigan alternative energy solution that is currently in production. Like ethanol, biodiesel is renewable, biodegradable, nontoxic, and environmentally friendly. It is derived from plant based sources such as refined soybean oil and other vegetable oils and materials. It is a clean fuel which can reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Projects to explore and develop the production of biogas through the use of anaerobic digestors are also underway in the state of Michigan, with a number of companies exploring this alternative energy solution. Biogas is a renewable source of energy which is created from organic waste, and is produced when this material decomposes in the absence of oxygen in a process similar to what happens in the human stomach during digestion! Biogas can be used to generate energy for heat, electricity, and hot water.
In 2006, the Renewable Fuels Commission was put into place to encourage the development of renewable fuels and energy in the state of Michigan in order to lessen our dependence on petroleum and fossil fuels, and to bring about a more sustainable way of life to Michigan residents. Under the commission, tax free Renaissance Zones have been designated to promote the creation of the emerging Michigan alternative energy industry.
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There was only one story that could have compared to the buzz surrounding the Super Bowl last Sunday. That was the news that rapper 21 Savage was arrested and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Atlanta. This came as a surprise to fans, who had previously thought that the rapper was an Atlanta native. ICE allegedly detained the rapper on the basis that he had come to the U.S. as a child and overstayed his visa. 21 Savage is, apparently, from the U.K.
When 21 Savage first broke into the mainstream hip-hop scene in 2015 he was acknowledged by critics as a revolutionary artist for his time. At the time, the relatively unknown rapper quickly fought his way to chart-topping positions and accolades. His latest album, I Am > I Was was released in 2018. The rapper has seen collaborations with artists like Post Malone, Drake, and Metro Boomin' among others.
21 Savage was born in England as She'yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph in 1992 and moved to the United States with his family when he was just 7. Apart from a month spent outside of the U.S. in 2005 before re-entering the country on an H4 visa in 2006, the rapper is as American as you can get. However, when his H4 visa expired in the same year, he was left without legal status and no way to change it.
The rapper was arrested and detained on Sunday following a traffic incident wherein Savage was driving a car that had been pulled over for reckless driving. When police arrested the rapper they found a fully loaded glock in the car. A later report from TMZ corrects that neither the car nor the gun belonged to the rapper. The website claims that the connection between Savage's arrest and the involvement of ICE officials are unknown.
In the wake of his detainment and the news that the rapper is, in fact, a British National, Jay-Z has hired legal counsel to assist him. Jay-Z has hired attorney Alex Sprio to assist with the case. "In addition to being a successful recording artist, Savage deserves to be reunited with his children immediately," said Jay-Z on the matter. 21 Savage had previously filed for a U-visa but it's been pending for years. As of now, he has no legal status as a citizen of the U.S.
It's unclear how this case will unfold for 21 Savage, who remains in ICE custody in Georgia. The unfortunate fact is that although Savage is not a U.S. citizen, he's lived here for most of his life. Cases such as these are all too common today, where immigration has become more of a sick political bargaining device than a human rights issue.
#Free21Savage has been trending on social media sites like Twitter off and on in the wake of his arrest, which took place just before the Super Bowl on Sunday in Georgia.
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