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Materialized
Posted: December 23, 2013 in News
Tags: Aphex Twin, Cosmic Love Ball, Dale Fanning, Dave Pellicciaro, electronic dance music, electronic music, Electronica, Fillmore, JamBase, Magneto Delicti, Materialized, Mighty Dave Pellicciaro, Oakland, San Francisco, Space Junk, Tangerine Dream, The Fillmore
Materialized during the Cosmic Love Ball 2013 at The Fillmore in San Francisco, CA.
I have really been digging on the band Materialized lately.
Give a listen and let me know what you think.
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Materialized is a keys/drums live electronic music duo from Oakland, CA. that specialize in soul shaking, bass-quaking dance and electronic music played live.
Drummer Dale Fanning and Keyboardist/Synthesist Dave Pellicciaro have crafted a style that feeds on their trademark combustive energy. With live sets that don't stop once they start Materialized collides big bass electro-house w/ deep-space, cinematic compositions leaving noise and textured ambience in the wake.
Synergizing the energy and vibe of live performance with the punch and consistent tonal impact of cutting edge electronic music is the destination. Creating layered, sonic impact live, Materialized keeps things moving without "press play" assistance to make the music. This is where the bond and connectivity between band and audience happens and what Materialized considers central to their focus…. unity w/ the audience, to be equally immersed together.
In the past 18 months, Materialized has released two recordings, "Magneto Delicti" and "Space Junk" on CD, digital download and vinyl. Materialized hosts a beloved San Francisco annual bash, The Cosmic Love Ball, at The Fillmore Auditorium and plays nationally.
"Mighty Dave Pellicciaro (keys, samples, myriad noisemakers) and Dale Fanning (electronic drums/percussion) and their varied collaborators are up to is just about everything most electronic dance music is missing, most notably a prominent human element with the ability to shift and respond in real time with true musician insight and instinct. No question that these guys are masters of technology but in a daring, hang-your-ass-over- the-edge way that recalls the sonic spelunking of early Tangerine Dream and Aphex Twin. The more aggressive, intense and shadowy Materialized becomes the more I'm captivated by their evolution."
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Living Colour – "Preachin' Blues" @ The Fillmore – 03/27/13
Posted: April 8, 2013 in Videos
Tags: bass drum, entertainment, Fillmore, Living Colour, music, Preachin' Blues, San Francisco, san francisco ca, SF, The Fillmore, Vivid, Will Calhoun
Living Colour starts off their set at The Fillmore in San Francisco, CA with "Preachin' Blues" on 03/27/13. It was an awesome start to a rockin' night as the band went on to play their whole "Vivid" album. We knew it was going to be a good night when Will Calhoun broke the skin to his bass drum on this song. Rockin'!!!
Galactic – "Hey Na Na" @ The Fillmore in San Francisco, CA – 03/01/13
Posted: March 19, 2013 in Videos
Tags: entertainment, Fillmore, Funk, Galactic, Hey Na Na, San Francisco, SF, The Fillmore, Video
Galactic get the crowd moving at the Fillmore in San Francisco on 03/01/13 with "Hey Na Na."
Check out more Galactic on their website here, http://www.galacticfunk.com/
Cosmic Love Ball 2013
Posted: February 14, 2013 in Concerts, News, Reviews
Tags: 2013, afro-cuban, Bay Area, Cosmic Love Ball, Dale Flanning, DJ Wyllys, electronica band, Fillmore, Galactic Muses, jam, jam band, Jazz, Kalmia Traver, Lebo, Life, Love, Materialized, Mighty Dave Pellicciaro, music, New Orleans, north beach, North Beach Brass Band, pigeonhole, Pop, Poster Room, Rubblebucket, San Francisco, socialites, wall hangings, www youtube
Hello Bay Area musical socialites! It was great to see you the other night at the Cosmic Love Ball with DJ Wyllys, the North Beach Brass Band, Materialized, and Rubblebucket! That's right, it was another great year for the futuristic love circus called the Cosmic Love Ball, which is held at the Fillmore in San Francisco every year to celebrate life, love, and music. This year, the Fillmore was adorned with wall hangings around the auditorium with heart accents around the room, including a whole wall filled with heart lights. Naughty love was certainly in the air though. As you entered the Fillmore you were greeted by a statue of a blindfolded angel's bust offering you the traditional Fillmore apples. It was certainly a symbol of how the night was to progress.
The evening started off kind of slow with people slowly trickling in, but the lively DJ Wyllys kept everyone energized in the main auditorium while the North Beach Brass Band kept people entertained upstairs in the Poster Room. Eventually, the North Beach Brass Band marched their way downstairs and onto the dance floor to announce the beginning of the evening. It was awesome having them come down and march through the crowd. It really got everyone moving and it felt like we were swept away to New Orleans for a moment. Once everyone was hyped up the lights went down and genre bending house band, Materialized, took the stage.
If you have not seen or heard Materialized go check them out right now. They blew the crowd away at the Cosmic Love Ball with their intense energetic beats, thundering bass, and killer synths. They either kept people standing in awe, or made people move uncontrolablly. Either way, people seemed to be transported to cosmic love bliss. It is really hard to pinpoint what genre Materialized really is though. In fact, on their website they actually say the following:
"Any attempt to pigeonhole Materialized as an electronica band, a jam band, a jazz band, etc. doesn't really work since this band has giant antenna always scanning the airwaves for interesting new ways of combining the musical banquet of the 21st century."
They seem to rely heavily on beats, but they seem to twist and turn enough to keep you guessing on what kind of band they really are. One thing is for sure – they are really good.
Adding to the fun of the evening, artist Lebo was painting along to the music. It was great to see images appear before our eyes as he worked on them. It really seemed to add another layer to the music too. It was a great addition to the entertainment for the evening. Thank you Lebo! The Galactic Muses dancers also took the stage several times to add some drama and flare with their sexy dance moves and several costume changes.
Soon after Materialized finished their set, Rubblebucket came on. They were pretty good, and accomplished musicians, but I did not really care for their set as much for some reason. They seemed to be too showy with semi afro-cubanesque influences and some pop thrown in, and the combination really was not working for me. However, their horns were really good and I was definitely moving. In fact, the whole crowd seemed to really enjoy them and everyone seemed to be moving their butts. It was a really good time. What I really loved the most was when singer Kalmia Traver would hop on the baritone sax every once in a while and took command of the stage. Even better was the end of their set when she hopped down off the stage with her sax and started playing through the crowd with the rest of the band and the North Beach Brass Band to end the show as they walked out of the venue. It was an awesome way to interact with the crowd and change the atmosphere of the venue before finishing the evening. Good times had by all!
If you are around the San Francisco area next February I highly encourage you to check out the Cosmic Love Ball. It is a wonderful evening of good vibes, good music, and good times. I hope to see you all there next year!
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Living Colour 25 Years Of Vivid
Posted: January 14, 2013 in News
Tags: Corey Glover, Cult of Personality, Doug Wimbish, entertainment, Fillmore, Living Colour, music, San Francisco, Vernon Reid, Vivid, Will Calhoun
Genre-bending rockers Living Colour will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of their seminal album Vivid by embarking on a tour of Europe and North America and performing the album in its entirety at each stop. The tour starts in Europe on March 7th before heading to North America beginning on March 27 in San Francisco. From there, Corey Glover, Vernon Reid, Will Calhoun, and Doug Wimbish will play Los Angeles, Boston, New York and more, ending on April 13 in Toronto. More dates are expected to be announced soon.
The current confirmed tour dates are as follows:
03/07/13 – The Garage in Glasgow, UK
03/10/13 – ECI Cultuurfabriek in Roermond, NL
03/11/13 – Melkweg in Amsterdam, NL
03/13/13 – New Morning in Paris, France
03/15/13 – Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland
03/17/13 – Komma in Worgl, Austria
03/20/13 – Huxleys Neue Welt in Berlin, Germany
03/27/13 – Fillmore in San Francisco, CA
03/29/13 – Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, CA
03/30/13 – El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, CA
04/04/13 – Keswick Theatre in Glenside, PA
04/05/13 – Paradise Rock Club in Boston, MA
04/06/13 – Irving Plaza in New York, NY
04/11/13 – Park West in Chicago, IL
04/12/13 – The Magic Bag in Ferndale, MI
04/13/13 – The Opera House in Toronto, ON
I am hoping to make it to the San Francisco show at the Fillmore to hear them play this classic album. Hope to see you there to rock out to this awesome tune:
Lagwagon – "Alien 8" / "May 16" @ Fillmore SF – 01/21/12
Posted: May 7, 2012 in Videos
Tags: Alien 8, Fillmore, Lagwagon, May 16, San Francisco, SF
Lagwagon wrapping up their set with "Alien 8" and "May 16" at the Fillmore in San Francisco on Saturday January 21, 2012.
The Trespassers – "Road Time: Live In California" [CD Release]
Posted: April 19, 2012 in News
Tags: Andy Roberts, Ben Goger, Benny Lee Friedrich, Cafe Du Nord, Carter Ranch Music Festival, CD Baby, entertainment, Faux Renwah, Fillmore, Folk, Great American Music Hall, Joshua Tree Music Festival, KPIG, Melody Walker, music, Peter Bogle, Road Time: Live In California, San Francisco, San Francisco Bluegreass and Old-Time Festival, Sarah Cupery Ottley, SF, Strawberry Music Festival, The Trespassers, violin fiddle, Windy Hill
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Sarah Cupery Ottley (violin/fiddle, vocals), Benny Lee Friedrich (upright bass, vocals), Andy "Tarantula" Roberts (banjo, guitar, vocals), and "Bronco" Ben Goger (guitar, mandolin, vocals)
So, what are you up to this coming Cinco de Mayo? Well, if you are in San Francisco and want to have some fun I highly recommend going and seeing The Trespassers at the Great American Music Hall in support of their CD release party for Road Time: Live In California! The Trespassers have been described in the following ways:
"Homesteaders, activists, educators, workers, philosophers, travelers; The Trespassers strive to live in harmony with this world. Their songs often times include critiques and solutions pertinent to life in the twenty-first century."
"The Trespassers sing stories that make you feel at peace but also dare to remind you that we are not always alright in this complex, modern world. Strength, protest, anger, hope and, above all, love are the emotions that resound off canyon and concrete walls as this band drifts across the west."
"This young band is coming into their prime, after eight years of playing in the underground. Honing their skills in taverns, barns, campfires, at grassroots music festivals and environmental rallies. They are ready to bring their music and message to a wider audience."
I have been lucky enough to work with The Trespassers a few times in the past and I can easily say that they are a group of the nicest people you could ever meet. They are truely just down to Earth, good people trying to make it by in this world. They are always looking to have a good time and it comes across in their music. They always get the crowd moving with their infectious energy.
The Trespassers have been touring around the West for quite a while now, so you may have already caught their Sierra Foothill Folk music at places like the Strawberry Music Festival, Joshua Tree Music Festival, Fillmore Poster Room, Carter Ranch Music Festival, Café Du Nord, and the San Francisco Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Festival.
To put together Road Time: Live In California, The Trespassers recorded all their live shows from their 2011 Summer and Fall tours. They then had the recordings mixed at Jerseydale – Ain't No Studios by Peter Bogle. The album features 19 songs recorded live at 6 venues in 2011 and can be purchased now at CD Baby.
Tickets are now available for The Trespassers' official CD release in San Francisco at The Great American Music Hall. Go to http://tickets.gamh.com/events/196440 to buy tickets. Opening for them will be Windy Hill, Faux Renwah, and Melody Walker. If you know you're going to the show, or you think you're going to the show, please buy your tickets in advance! It'll also be an awesome opportunity to get a great discount on their new album. I have heard from the band, and they are very excited about this show and hope to share the evening with you! Hope to see you there!!
In the meantime, here are some videos of The Trespassers performing at a gig I got them in the KPIG studios years ago:
Lagwagon – "Coffee & Cigarettes" @ Fillmore SF – 01/21/12
Posted: April 19, 2012 in Videos
Tags: Coffee & Cigarettes, entertainment, Fillmore, Lagwagon, music, San Francisco, SF
Lagwagon playing "Coffee & Cigarettes" at the Fillmore in San Francisco on Saturday January 21, 2012.
This is probably one of my favorite Lagwagon songs. I've always loved playing this tune on the guitar.
Lagwagon – "Mr. Coffee" @ Fillmore SF – 01/21/12
Tags: Fillmore, Joey Cape, Lagwagon, Mr. Coffee, San Francsico, SF
Lagwagon performing "Mr. Coffee" at the Fillmore in San Francisco on Saturday January 21, 2012. Tried to get a little bit of the pit and got Joey doing some jump rope with the mic cable. Good times!
Lagwagon – "Island of Shame" / "Lazy" @ Fillmore SF – 01/21/12
Tags: Fillmore, Island of Shame, Lagwagon, Lazy, San Francisco, SF
Lagwagon getting started at the Fillmore in San Francisco on Saturday January 21, 2012 with "Island of Shame" and "Lazy."
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Q: Qt, pass data to another class I want to pass int testing to dialog.cpp when a push button is clicked from the mainwindow.cpp.
I got an error message as follows: "missing default argument on parameter testing"
What did I do wrong?
dialog.h
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Dialog(QWidget *parent = nullptr, const int & testing);

because default values must be always after non ones.... so your integer parameter "testing" can not be placed after parent.
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Saturday 06th May 2017
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OUTDOOR: Judith Kerr Primary School
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Shot in a single take during the early hours of 27 April 2014 in Berlin, and with most of the dialogue improvised by the small cast, Victoria received wide acclaim on its release in 2015 and won the Silver Bear for Cinematography at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival. Over a few hours the film's young heroine goes from dancing alone in a club to flirting, an impromptu piano recital, peril and reckless criminality. So just like a regular Wednesday night in Herne Hill in that case. Anyway, the Guardian said "one shot, two hours, total triumph". We just say come to the Judith Kerr Primary School on 6 May at 7:30pm.
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After dancing alone in a techno club in Berlin's Mitte district into the early hours Victoria runs into a pack of young men who offer to show her the real Berlin. Initially joining them for a drink on a nearby rooftop, Victoria's evening takes a twist and a turn when she finds herself in an underground parking lot with same group as they are tasked with robbing a bank to repay a debt to a local gangster. Victoria, already in way over her head, agrees to act as their driver and from this point on the film goes full-throttle into a breakneck, high-stakes heist thriller.
Shot in a single take between 4:30am and 7:00am in the early hours of 27 April 2014 Victoria (although the finished product was actually the third of three takes the team had budget to film) Victoria was received well on its release in 2015. While it is not the first one take film to be made, others include Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark and Alfred Hitchcock's Rope, it is the first to take in more than one location. In fact Victoria criss-crosses an amazing 22 separate Berlin locations in its 138 minutes.
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Release Date: January 2023
Composer(s): Carlo Albanesi
Artist(s): Julia Severus
"What immediately attracted me to Albanesi's music was his narrative talent, which is particularly evident in his large-scale sonatas.Lyricism and drama, humour and passion, longing and devotion, agitation and rapturous calm – all these elements blend in Albanesi's work to form an instrumental novella. Although a virtuoso of distinction himself, he resists the temptation to use virtuosity as an end in itself; rather, he understands music always as a mirror of the soul, a kaleidoscope of moods and images, which he eloquently gives expression to.For a first hearing of this Italian voice of pianistic romanticism, I suggest the first movement of the B flat minor Sonata and the fourth movement of the D minor Sonata. In the former I am captivated by its passionate and yearning colouring, in the latter by the dynamic alternation between excitement and contemplation, restlessness and resolution..." — Julia Severus
ALBANESI, CARLO (1858–1926)
Piano Works • 1
Julia Severus, piano
Born in Naples, Carlo Albanesi settled in London in 1882 where he successfully balanced a career as a piano soloist with that of professor of piano at the Royal Academy of Music. His playing was distinguished by delicacy and this is a notable feature of his compositions, of which the sonatas are eloquent examples of his art, large in scale and Classical in form. The Sonata in D minor marries serenity with grandiosity, while the Sonata in B flat minor is wide-ranging and romantic. Renowned for her 'beautiful tone and deep emotion' (American Record Guide), acclaimed pianist Julia Severus performs works by an unjustly forgotten composer-pianist who was held in the highest esteem by colleagues, students and audiences alike.
Piano Sonata No. 2 (No. 3) in D Minor (1897) (00:33:00 )
I. Allegro giusto (00:14:38)
II. Scherzo: Presto ma con ritmo (00:04:37)
III. Andante cantabile (00:05:44)
IV. Finale: Molto allegro e agitato (00:05:56)
Souhait, Romance () (00:03:20)
Piano Sonata No. 4 in B-Flat Minor () (00:28:00 )
I. Allegro maestoso (00:14:58)
II. Andante (00:07:19)
III. Finale: Allegro risoluto ed energico (00:05:50)
Julia Severus began playing the piano at the age of four. She graduated from the Berlin University of Arts and from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where she studied piano with Mikhail Voskresensky and Lev Naumov. Wishing to explore piano ensemble repertoire, she founded the Aurora Duo and Quartet, performing numerous premieres and world premieres, among them Rodion Shchedrin's Hommage à Chopin in the presence of the composer, followed by a recording for two pianos, eight hands, of Russian Romantic Piano Transcriptions (Naxos 8.557717). Her solo recordings, including Tchaikovsky's opera and song transcriptions (GP795), have been highly praised. Julia Severus lives and works in Paris and Berlin.
"Highly recommended. I can hardly wait for subsequent albums in this series." — The Classical Music Guide Forums
"I salute any pianist who has the curiosity to venture into the dustier corners of the repertoire and I'm grateful to Julia Severus for introducing me to Barjansky…" — Gramophone
Opera and Song Transcriptions for Solo Piano


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Three different stories of youth set in different cities of China.
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Maybe you've noticed the paper looks a little "different" lately. One of our staff recently left to care for her aging parents, so I'm learning how to lay out pages, and everyone else in the office has some new duties too.
Please bear with us during this time of transition. I noticed several typos in last week's paper, and it pains me to have that happen. Things have been pretty hectic, but we hope to get better.
I do want to express again my appreciation to all our guest columnists. Please be sure and tell them if you like their writings. Trust me, it's a bit scary for a beginner to put him/herself out there on the page.
Their contributions appeal to a variety of readers, and I personally find it fun and interesting to consider different experiences.
I believe that memories can do more than inform us of times past; they can also provide us with a new vision for the future.
It helps to know that Irvine hasn't always had the problems it has now, not the same ones anyway, and a day may come when we're better than we've ever been.
I like the ideas of some of our newest business owners, and I'm truly excited that some of our youngest natives have the desire to see this community grow.
I hope many of you will take a few minutes to check out the posters that Lyda Arvin, a UK student from Estill County, is displaying in the courthouse.
She is asking for residents to label points of interest on a map of the area.
I noticed that someone had labeled some of the "eyesores" around the main corridors in and out of our county, and I agree that attention certainly needs to be paid to these.
Others are identifying positive places of interest, and that's great to see also.
Whether it be a favorite country road we like to explore on Sunday drives, a favorite trail we like to hike, or a stop at one of our own original burger joints, there are many unique places here; that's what makes it home.
But if I understand Lyda's project correctly, I think "rebranding" our community goes beyond labels on a map.
We can also change our image by changing the way we view ourselves.
Instead of "backward," why can't we be "friendly and quaint?" Charming, even.
Accentuating the positives might seem too pie-in-the-sky for the realists among us, but won't our outcomes ultimately be better than if we focus solely on the negatives?


She was on the original steering group that set up Money Spider. She retired from the Derbyshire Building Society in 2006 after 21 years service, the last 8 years as a Branch Manager in Swadlincote. Previously she worked for 12 years for Barclays Bank in Birmingham and Lichfield.
BSc(Hons) in Mechanical Engineering. He worked in the Motor Industry, Nuclear Power and then the Brewing Industry, in a project planning capacity, and also on joint company / Trades Union committees. Chair of the Burton Branch of Amicus Trade Union for many years. He took early retirement in 1997, and after some part time agency work became involved with the Steering Group for Money Spider.
He was on the original steering group that set up Money Spider. He is a Qualified Associate Cost and Management Accountant now retired after nearly 38 years with a leading UK brewing and pubs company. He was finance director of a major division and latterly managing director of international retail operations. Presently a Trustee Director of South Derbyshire Citizens Advice Bureau and a Trustee Director of The Old Post Regeneration Association Ltd.
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D-Wave and Jülich...
D-Wave and Jülich launch first In-Region commercial quantum computer for European access
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Today in Jülich, Germany, D-Wave Systems announced the launch of the first Leap quantum cloud-based system outside North America at Forschungszentrum Jülich Supercomputing Centre. A commissioning ceremony, with Germany's Federal Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger, North Rhine-Westphalia Minister President Hendrik Wüst, EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, Canadian Ambassador Stéphane Dion, and business and academic leaders, marks quantum computing's advancement in Europe.
The partnership provides access to the Advantage quantum system, which contains more than 5000 qubits and will be available to European users at Forschungszentrum Jülich immediately in the cloud via Leap. This marks the first-ever annealing quantum computer physically located in Europe.
The expansion is part of the Jülich User Infrastructure for Quantum Computing (JUNIQ), which has provided researchers across Europe with access to various quantum systems since 2019. Newly appointed German Federal Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger; North Rhine-Westphalia's Minister President Hendrik Wüst; Mariya Gabriel, EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth; and Canadian Ambassador Stéphane Dion launched the system in an event today, along with D-Wave's CEO Alan Baratz and CaixaBank's CEO Gonzalo Gortazar, showcasing the importance of collaboration on practical quantum application development across industries and research fields.
Alan Baratz, CEO, D-Wave comments: 'As businesses and research organisations identify mission-critical problems in need of quantum investment, the market opportunity for quantum computing grows faster than ever. This is particularly true in Europe, where we're seeing an increasing number of enterprises, universities, and even government entities across the continent already begin to benefit from access to quantum technologies. We are excited to bring Forschungszentrum Jülich's deep computing expertise and D-Wave's transformational quantum computing technology together. I'm proud that this is the first commercial quantum computing system in-region in Europe and am excited to see the innovations and applications which come with the installation of this system.'
Forschungszentrum Jülich has announced their goal of establishing a leading development and user community from industry and business for quantum computing applications in Germany and Europe. 'To this end, we have created JUNIQ at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, a user facility for open innovation that provides users with a unified quantum computing platform as a service and the associated competencies for user support and joint software development,' explains Professor Wolfgang Marquardt, chairman of the board of directors of the Research Center. 'With JUNIQ, we provide users and developers with service-oriented access to our unique Jülich quantum computing ecosystem, which, due to its excellent technical equipment, but especially due to the bundling of our strong expertise in supercomputing and quantum technologies, offers the best conditions to rapidly advance the value-added use of quantum computers.'
The new quantum system is the second D-Wave quantum computer within the JUNIQ user infrastructure and the world's first Advantage system located outside the company's headquarters in Canada. 'We operate the system right here at Jülich - this gives us the opportunity to integrate it closely into our supercomputing infrastructure,' explains Professor Kristel Michielsen, a pioneer in quantum computing and head of the Quantum Information Processing group at JSC.
Michael Spannowsky, director of the Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology at Durham University states: 'At Durham University, researchers have been working with D-Wave for the last 4 years and are excited to see our quantum computing research on efficient wireless sensor networks gain traction. Successful early quantum applications are integral to the future of academic research and how that research can impact businesses and governments. That's why being able to access a European-specific system is critical for forward-thinking European organisations looking to solve highly complex problems today.'
D-Wave's quantum computers, which have been available to European users via the cloud since 2019, are particularly suitable for solving difficult optimisation problems. Optimisation use cases are ubiquitous in industry and are interesting because of their computational complexity, for example: efficient control of traffic flows, financial modeling, preventative healthcare, manufacturing, logistics and more. To date, the company's customers have developed more than 250 early quantum applications in fields as diverse as financial modeling, flight planning, election modeling, quantum chemistry simulation, automotive engineering, health care, logistics, and more.
D-Wave's Advantage quantum system is the first and only quantum computer designed with industrial applications in mind. The Jülich system has the newest Advantage performance update, with 5000+ qubits, the highly connected Pegasus topology, and the greatest performance yet in a commercial quantum system. The new building at Jülich was constructed for the quantum system and was inaugurated today alongside the commissioning of the European Advantage quantum system. The system is now open for general availability for European researchers and customers via the Leap quantum cloud service.
'We are pleased and excited for today's announcement,' said Dr. Baratz. 'We appreciate the pan-European support from the government officials, business leaders, and research community and look forward to continued innovation which we know will come from this European-based system.'
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D-Wave Systems
Japanese collaboration aims to deliver quantum computers in 2023
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Life Sciences centre aims to accelerate drug development and enable precision medicine
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Quantinuum introduces InQuanto
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Fujitsu to provide Fugaku technology through its computing service
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Once again, Insurance Regulatory Law is proud to host the Cavalcade of Risk, this week in its 151st edition. The Cavalcade of Risk is a biweekly rotating collection of articles and links (also known as a "blog carnival") from insurance and other-risk-related sources that provides some great information and insight about risks and risk management.
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Louise Norris at Colorado Health Insurance Insider comments on Jon Stewart's interview with HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Find out what Louise says Jon and Kathleen left out of their discussion about the Affordable Care Act.
Jacob at My Personal Finance Journey has a guest post that reviews some life insurance considerations for the over 50 crowd.
Insurance Regulatory Law discusses how the myth of widespread insurance company insolvencies during the financial crisis in the late 2000s has fueled increasing federal involvement in insurance regulation.
Henry Stern and Bob Vineyard at InsureBlog advise those who want to determine if their recently deceased loved one had any life insurance to get a CLUE!
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Jaan Sidorov, MD, at the Disease Management Care Blog, provides his usual high-level of insight into preauthorization and retroactive audits for patient safety, and finally settles the long-asked question: is commercial health insurance an evil empire controlled by weenie pirates?
The Healthcare Economist investigates disease management and value-based purchasing programs to evaluate their effectiveness.
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David E. Williams of the Health Business Blog interviews Dr. Harvey Kaufman about the value of laboratory tests and employer sponsored health risk assessments.
The next edition of the Cavalcade of Risk will be hosted by Emily Holbrook at Risk Management Monitor in March.
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Cheney rips Obama over foreign policy in op-ed
CNN's Halimah Abdullah
Washington (CNN) –Former Vice President Dick Cheney and daughter Liz Cheney penned a scathing op-ed in which they offered a blistering critique of President Barack Obama's handling of the escalating violence in Iraq.
"Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many," wrote Cheney and his daughter, a conservative pundit and former State Department official in the Bush administration, in an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal. "Instead, he abandoned Iraq and we are watching American defeat snatched from the jaws of victory."
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That line by the Cheneys spurred many on social media to accuse the former vice president of hypocrisy, because of his role as a major advocate for the Iraq war during the George W. Bush administration.
And Wednesday morning Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took to the floor of the chamber to criticize Cheney.
"If there is one thing this country does not need is that we should be taking advice from Dick Cheney on wars. Being on the wrong side of Dick Cheney is being on the right side of history," Reid said.
Latest CNN reporting on fighting in Iraq
The Cheneys join a growing chorus of high profile Republicans who have criticized the Obama administration's handling of Islamic militants who have cut a bloody swath across northern and central Iraq, regions American troops and Iraqi government forces had previously worked to secure. A number of Republicans, including Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a war veteran and strident critic of Obama's policy toward Iraq, have blasted the President's decision to withdraw all U.S. troops out of the country at the end of 2011, and say that move left a security vacuum.
McCain, Obama's opponent in the 2008 presidential election, has asserted that some U.S. troops should have remained in Iraq to provide stability.
Republican critics say that void – coupled with the administration's refusal to commit additional U.S. military support to opposition forces in neighboring Syria's civil war – has been exploited by the militant Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, to attack in Iraq.
Foreign policy helps push Obama to new low
The Cheneys agreed.
"Iraq is at risk of falling to a radical Islamic terror group and Mr. Obama is talking climate change," the Cheneys wrote in the op-ed. "Terrorists take control of more territory and resources than ever before in history, and he goes golfing. He seems blithely unaware, or indifferent to the fact, that a resurgent al Qaeda presents a clear and present danger to the United States of America."
The President has indicated that, while violence in Syria has been seeping over into Iraq, he doesn't want to get pulled into another protracted war on foreign soil after ending the near decade long conflict begun under his predecessor.
The United States "will not be sending U.S. troops back into combat in Iraq," Obama said on Friday as he read from a statement delivered from the White House South Lawn. The President also said he would be studying a number of alternative options.
The Cheneys feel the President should act with greater haste and force.
"It is time the president and his allies faced some hard truths: America remains at war, and withdrawing troops from the field of battle while our enemies stay in the fight does not "end" wars," the Cheneys wrote in the op-ed. "Weakness and retreat are provocative. U.S. withdrawal from the world is disastrous and puts our own security at risk."
The latest critique from Dick Cheney is especially salient since, as secretary of defense under former President George H.W. Bush, Cheney was deeply involved in the 1991 decision to mount a large-scale U.S. military operation in Iraq following that nation's invasion of the small oil-rich nation of Kuwait. He would later become vice president in former President George W. Bush's administration and helped craft the "War on Terror" in response to the September 11th attacks.
Cheney played a key role in urging the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq to search for weapons of mass destruction-a hunt that ultimately proved fruitless. Cheney has remained a supporter of the war in Iraq.
In the op-ed, the Cheneys accused Obama of undoing the hard-fought gains of troops serving under the previous administration.
"When Mr. Obama and his team came into office in 2009, al Qaeda in Iraq had been largely defeated, thanks primarily to the heroic efforts of U.S. armed forces during the surge," the Cheneys wrote. "Mr. Obama had only to negotiate an agreement to leave behind some residual American forces, training and intelligence capabilities to help secure the peace. Instead, he abandoned Iraq and we are watching American defeat snatched from the jaws of victory."
The Democratic National Committee Wednesday blasted an email out to reporters that was critical of the op-ed, saying that the "only rhetoric that needs a dose of reality is Mr. Cheney's."
The op-ed from the former vice president and his daughter Liz came as the two announced the launch of "The Alliance for a Strong America," a non-profit advocacy organization that they say will "advocate for a restoration of American strength and power."
The former vice president will serve as chairman of the new group, with daughter Liz serving as president.
Related: Hoyer: Obama administration 'should be considering' Iraq airstrikes
Former U.S. envoy to Iraq: U.S. needs special forces on ground in Iraq
Filed under: Dick Cheney • Iraq • Liz Cheney • President Obama
so says Mr. Dementia himself. Mr. War Criminal so proud and steadfast on his policy fails to remember that we are STILL LOOKING FOR THOSE WMDs. Oh wait they never existed. And his boss Mr. Doofus aka Mr. IQ of 5 is painting on a ranch somewhere. How about you two intellectuals propose some ideas on how to solve this problem other than keep US troops there for another 100 years! Forgive give is Americans for wanting our children to come home.
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Nobody talks about how the Rich and Powerful, don't ever sacrifice more than just talk. Not one of those politicians who voted for and are now asking to go back in(with the exception of Joe Bidens Son) ever served a minute of military service for any of the conflicts they created. Think about that for a second!!!
Are you kidding me?! The Cheneys have the nerve to criticize ANYBODY about Iraq?! Because of Dick Cheney, we went into Iraq which had nothing to do with 9/11 or the terrorists responsible for it. They also had no weapons of mass destruction and were not an area for terrorist training at that time. He was wrong about EVERYTHING.
Our President is black
Cheney is a political hack beholden to the military industrial complex. Nothing more, nothing less.
zipzimba
This guy should be in prison. Why would anyone listen to him and the disgraced administration of GW Bush?
Cheney complaining about Obama playing golf rather than leading this country is a truly disgusting statement. What were he and the other bushies doing when they were handed information about a terrorst attack on the U.S.? Not everyone has the time to shoot a friend in the face. The repubs have lowered discourse in this country to a new low.
We don't need stupid advice from Reid either.
Cheney Is Delusional
Is this the same guy who was illegally profiting in Libya while they were sanctions in place? Is this the same guy who muttered some insanity about history calling his war in Iraq "brilliant?"
This guy should stick to shooting his lawyers friends in the face because that's the only thing he didn't fail at.
Name Uche Agonsi
I thought this Dick Cheney guy been a very sick man. He seems to wake up each time with the sound of a war gong. By the way, how manyof his sons, daughters, or blood relations were drafted fot the Iraq war.
No Cheney the next you and Liz can fight for us and let our young men and women alone
WhoCaresWhatTheyThink
Has anyone ever cared about what the Cheney's think about anything? They should step aside and let the professionals take care of things.
Let the Republicans and Democrats who believe the Iraqi war was justified please speak up. Let the Republicans and Democrats who believe we should defend the current Iraqi government with arms and/or more troops - please speak up. Give them plenty of air time. Let them make their case. My answer is "NO!" After trillions of dollars in all these Gulf wars and the loss of hundreds of thousands innocent civilians, thousands of American troops killed–and thousands more soldiers debilitated, i do not want us to go back in fighting. It is time for the Iraqis to find a way to peace. We had to fight a bloody civil war that cost us dearly before we decided to live and work in peace. So, who are we to tell them they cannot do the same? It is there country–if they want to destroy themselves–after all they have suffered–then how can we stop them? We did not want France or Britain to interfere in our Civil War.
Courtney44
Dick Cheney is arrogant and incompetent, seeking only to destroy, tear down, obfuscate, dissemble, antagonize and bloviate for his own advantage. He is a liar of the first order. Like most of the current Republican Party and all of the Tea Party, he is not interested in serving his country or its interests. He is interested only in making the President less effective, all the while protecting his legacy of lies, his book rights, his financial interests, and those of his right wing friends. When critics savaged him and the Bush Administration for lies about Iraq and missteps in Afghanistan, did he not say that they were emboldening the enemy? Is he not doing that now? He always wants to "have it both ways." Dick Cheney and his daughter are the opposite of Patriots. They are part of the disloyal opposition, pledging their loyalty to monetary interests, and a disintegrating, obstructionist party. Cheney presided over the worst mistake in the last 100 years of American history that cost the lives of 4,477 American men and women whom he rarely mourns. The terrorist attacks on 9/11 happened on his watch while he was colluding with the oil industry to make more money through energy policy. He is the very last person to whom we should listen on any topic, but especially war and foreign policy.
cheney's past follies don't make obama right
it's so frustrating to see everything turn into a partisan debate. Was cheney wrong about a lot of things? yes, most definitely. Is the situation in Iraq a result of cheney policy? yes. Does it matter who's fault it is? Not when we're discussing what to do now.
Like it or not, Obama has inherited this problem regardless of fault. And he should be held accountable to how he deals and has dealt with said problem Pointing fingers and finding fault with past administrations takes focus away from what is needed now: a solution. The solution should come from the president. And today, Obama is the president. The onus is on him to fix the problem. We all know that left blames the right and vice versa.
They would not be so brazen as to criticize Obama for a war Cheney and his cronies started for no good reason (or reasons only known to then) if they had been made to take responsibility for their lies to the American people and for invading a country that posed no threat to us. A lot of us expected the Obama administration to investigate the circumstances leading up to the war and to hold the everyone accountable who had a role in the deception and totally unwise and unjustified attack on Iraq, All the military we lost and all the young people having to live with horrific injuries the rest of their lives are a result of the reckless actions of Cheney and crew. He and they walked away unscathed and now come back to criticize and rewrite history. I say they all belong in jail. Nothing less.
lvg
Every time this character opens his mouth he displays utter hatred and contempt for the Black man in the White House. If Obama were to go to war tomorrow with the rebels in Iraq do you think this piece of human garbage would support the president?
President Cheney strikes again, I hope my family keeps a close guard on me if I ever start lying like that man. By the way it was little boy George that made the deal to withdraw the troops not Obama.
iceload
Liz had to pull out of her primary. I guess they figure this will get some press and they are right. Luckily, we can all ignore the Cheney's.
The guy who talked Bush into the war; who OK'd the lies that got us into the war; the one who made millions in his blind trust fund from Halliburton, lecturing ANYONE on Iraq is out of his league. Of course, if you read what Cheney wants, he wants ANOTHER WAR!! He doesn't think U.S. policy is good unless we're attacking someone, or making an enemy out of someone.
No cred, does this evil man have, and yet there's enough losers in the world who will tag along behind him and his daugther who never finishes anything she starts.
How can Dick Cheney be such a hypocrite? He started the war. Now he's blaming President Obama for the mess he left.
Taking troops out of Iraq too early is going to cost thousands of lives down the road. Nice job Obama. Oh and nice job negotiating with terrorists for a coward. Both these decisions will cost us many lives and Billions of $$$ to go back in and straighten it out but expect attacks on us before that happens . Pathetic president.
Cheney makes Joe Biden look like a saint!
To borrow from Jeff Foxworthy.
If you take foreign policy advice from Dick Cheney, you might be a redneck and not much else.
gahh
Mr. No bid Halliburton contracts in Iraq, Pot calling the kettle black!
Mr.5 deferments, during Vietnam war.
This is the very man (Cheney) who is very instrumental in bringing the USA into the Iraq conflict.
Most (if not all) Foreign Policy Scholars confirmed that it was a wrong decision (inclusive of Brent Scrowcoff – National Security adviser of HW Bush).
And yet Cheney is still insisting that he did the right thing.
Considering that it was proven (Based on the TV Journalistic presentation of 60 Minutes) that the company of Cheney (BURTON ) received the initial $13 Billion USD contract of the war effort.
He (Cheney) is still trying to justify that it is the right thing to do , he really wants a place in history. I guess that making the money is not enough....
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Jape at Electrowerkz
Jape at Electrowerkz | Live review
The Heart's Desire, Floating
Last, Irish electronic four-piece Jape played a knock-out show in the minimalist surroundings of Angel's Electrowerkz. The crowd was almost entirely Irish – and they loved it.
By the end of the night, the rave that started at the front had spread to the back and everyone was jumping, pumping their fists and singing the lyrics back at frontman Richie Egan. The singer and guitarist was joined on stage by Glenn Keating on drums, keys and synths ("lots of stuff") and another drummer to add to the propulsive percussion. The lighting was hectic and ravey, highlighting Egan cheerfully bopping away. He came on stage with a friendly "hello" and launched into the set. His patter was very fast and at times hard to understand, but he was charming: "it's hot in here, yowza" he exclaimed at one point. As he left the stage, his soaked sweatshirt was testament to how much he put into his performance.
The second song of the set, The Heart's Desire from latest album This Chemical Sea, had a strong hook and an industrial breakdown suitable for the surroundings, which stirred things up. The songs are meatier, wilder live than they are on record, making it basically impossible not to dance, or at least furiously tap your foot and nod your head. Egan's voice was lent more spaciousness by the echo effects. The lyrics were occasionally repetitive but there was a surprising depth to them, a morbidity as they pondered on love and death on songs like Graveyard and Floating in a way that clearly resonated deeply with the audience.
They finished with Floating to the crowd's delight, then rather sweetly trooped off stage into the audience only to troop immediately back on for one more song. Egan was down-to-earth, selling records at the back of the gig and mingling with the audience after. All in all, a fun gig.
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Public Release: 20-Apr-2017
New statistical analysis reveals thousands of rare mutations linked with cancer
Findings could help guide development of treatments that target many mutated proteins at once
IMAGE: This is a depiction of oncodomain hotspots found to be significantly overlapping with the active site of the protein kinase domain. view more
Credit: Original image by Thomas A. Peterson, CC BY
Scientists have identified thousands of previously ignored genetic mutations that, although rare, likely contribute to cancer growth. The findings, which could help pave the way to new treatments, are published in PLOS Computational Biology.
Cancer arises when genetic mutations in a cell cause abnormal growth that leads to a tumor. Some cancer drugs exploit this to attack tumor cells by targeting proteins that are mutated from their usual form because of mutations in the genes that encode them. However, only a fraction of all the mutations that contribute significantly to cancer have been identified.
Thomas Peterson, at the University of Maryland, and colleagues developed a new statistical analysis approach that uses genetic data from cancer patients to find cancer-causing mutations. Unlike previous studies that focused on mutations in individual genes, the new approach addresses similar mutations shared by families of related proteins.
Specifically, the new method focuses on mutations in sub-components of proteins known as protein domains. Even though different genes encode them, different proteins can share common protein domains. The new strategy draws on existing knowledge of protein domain structure and function to pinpoint locations within protein domains where mutations are more likely to be found in tumors.
Using this new approach, the researchers identified thousands of rare tumor mutations that occur in the same domain location as mutations found in other proteins in other tumors-- suggesting that they are likely to be involved in cancer.
"Maybe only two patients have a mutation in a particular protein, but when you realize it is in exactly the same position within the domain as mutations in other proteins in cancer patients," says senior author of the study Maricel Kann, "you realize it's important to investigate those two mutations."
The researchers have coined the term "oncodomain" to refer to protein domains that are more likely to contain cancer-causing mutations. Further study of oncodomains could help inform drug development: "Because the domains are the same across so many proteins," Kann says, "it is possible that a single treatment could tackle cancers caused by a broad spectrum of mutated proteins."
In your coverage please use this URL to provide access to the freely available article in PLOS Computational Biology: http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005428
Citation: Peterson TA, Gauran IIM, Park J, Park D, Kann MG (2017) Oncodomains: A protein domain-centric framework for analyzing rare variants in tumor samples. PLoS Comput Biol 13(4): e1005428. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005428
Funding: This work was funded by NSF (award #1446406, PI: MGK), NIH (award #1K22CA143148, PI: MGK and Award #R01LM009722 CoPI: MGK). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Maricel G. Kann
mkann@umbc.edu
http://www.plos.org
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New Statistical Analysis Reveals Thousands of Rare Mutations Linked with Cancer (IMAGE)
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Mitra Arquiepiscopal do Rio de Janeiro é o órgão responsável pelo patrimônio religioso, como os templos católicos da cidade, os museus de arte sacra da cidade e da Cúria do Rio de Janeiro.

Paróquias
A Mitra é responsável pela paróquia, pela distribuição dos sacerdotes e organização dos vicariatos.

Patrimônio Religioso

Igrejas Tombadas
Pelo Serviço Federal:

 Matriz São Geraldo, em Olaria.
 Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo da Antiga Sé, na Rua Primeiro de Março;
 Igreja e Convento de Santa Teresa, na Ladeira de Santa Teresa;
 Igreja e Convento de Santo Antônio, no Largo da Carioca;
 Igreja Mosteiro e Morro de São Bento;
 Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Candelária, na Praca Pio X;
 Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, na Rua Primeiro de Março, compreendendo o Arco e o Oratório de Nossa Senhora da Boa Esperança;
 Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição e Boa Morte, na Rua do Rosário
 Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro, compreendendo o conjunto arquitetônico e paisagístico do morro em que fica situada;
 Igreja Nossa Senhora do Carmo da Lapa do Desterro, no Largo da Lapa;
 Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Lapa dos Mercadores, na Rua do Ouvidor;
 Igreja de Nossa Senhora Mãe dos Homens, na Rua da Alfândega;
 Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário e São Benedito dos Homens Pretos, na Rua Uruguaiana;
 Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Saúde, na Rua Silvino Montenegro;
 Igreja de Santa Cruz dos Militares, na Rua Primeiro de Março;
 Igreja de Santa Luzia, na Rua Santa Luzia
 Igreja de Santa Rita, no Largo de Santa Rita
 Igreja do Santíssimo Sacramento da Antiga Sé, na Avenida Passos;
 Igreja de São Francisco da Penitência e Cemitério anexo, no Largo da Carioca;
 Igreja de São Francisco de Paula, no Largo de São Francisco
 Igreja de São Francisco da Prainha, no adro da Prainha, no Morro da Conceição;
 Igreja de São José, na Rua da Misericórdia;
 Santa Casa da Misericórdia, na Rua Santa Luzia, 206, compreendendo as antigas enfermarias e a Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Bonsucesso, no Largo da Misericórdia;
 Capela de Nossa Senhora da Cabeça, nos terrenos da Casa Maternal Mello Mattos, na Rua Faro;
 Imagem de Nossa Senhora da Purificação, do século XVII, atribuída a Frei Agostinho de Jesus, na coleção Haroldo e Heloísa Graça Couto;
 Imagem de Sant'Ana, do século XVIII, de autoria de Antônio Francisco Lisboa, o "Aleijadinho", da Coleção Leda Marina Nascimento Brito;
 Imagem de São José, do século XVIII, de autoria de Antônio Francisco Lisboa, o "Aleijadinho" da Coleção Renato Brogiolo;
 Duas pinturas sobre tábuas ovais, atribuídas a Leandro Joaquim, representando o incêndio e a reconstrução do recolhimento de Nossa Senhora do Parto, da Mitra Arquiepiscopal do Rio de Janeiro;
 Palácio Episcopal, no Morro da Conceição, atual sede do Serviço Geográfico do Exército;
 Casa que foi residência Episcopal, na Avenida Paulo de Frontin, 568;
 Casa de Grandjean de Montigny e o respectivo jardim na Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 233, no Campus da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro;
 Casa na Praça Quinze de Novembro, 101, antigo Convento do Carmo, atual sede da Academia de Comércio do Rio de Janeiro (Faculdade de Direito Cândido Mendes);
 Frontispício da Capela de São José e o antigo portão da Fortaleza, na Ilha das Cobras;
 Lápide Tumular de Estácio de Sá e o Marco da Fundação da Cidade, na Igreja de São Sebastião, na Rua Haddock Lobo;
 Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Pena, compreendendo o conjunto arquitetônico e paisagístico do morro em que está situada, em Jacarepaguá;
 Igreja do Bom Jesus, na Ilha do Fundão;
 Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Ajuda, na Ilha do Governador;
 Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Desterro, na Pedra de Guaratiba;http://projetodesenvolvimentolocalevania.blogspot.com/
 Casa da Fazenda da Taguara e respectiva Capela, em Jacarepaguá;
 Casa da Fazenda do Capão do Bispo, na Av. Dom Hélder Câmara, 4.616;
 Ponte dos Jesuítas, na Estrada do Cortume, em Santa Cruz;
 Parque Nacional da Tijuca e Floresta de proteção acima das cotas 80 e l00 metros.

Pelo Serviço Estadual:

 Matriz de São Daniel Profeta, Parque São José na Praia Pequena, Manguinhos: conjunto arquitetônico e pictural;
 Igreja de São Gonçalo do Amarante  Estrada do Camorim, 925, em Jacarepaguá;
 Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição na Praça Jerusalém  Jardim Guanabara, na Ilha do Governador;
 Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monserrate (antiga do Pilar)  na Vargem Pequena, em Jacarepaguá;
 Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, na Estrada Rodrigues Caldas, 3.400 (Colônia Juliano Moreira);
 Igreja São Sebastião e Santa Cecília, na Praça da Fé, s/nº, em Bangú
 Rua primeiro de Março

Cristo Redentor

A estátua do Cristo Redentor tem seus direitos de uso comercial pertencentes à Mitra Arquiepiscopal do Rio de Janeiro. O acesso à estátua é realizado através do Parque Nacional da Tijuca, administrado pelo Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio).

Ver também
 Arquidiocese do Rio de Janeiro

Ligações externas

Arquidiocese de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

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Podcast 146 – The Lordship Mermaid
By New England Legends June 4, 2020 Podcasts 0 Comment
In Episode 146, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head to the Stratford, Connecticut, coast by the Stratford Point Lighthouse in search of a mermaid sighting that was reported in great detail by lighthouse keeper Theodore Judson in July of 1915. Mermaid fever had gripped the region decades earlier thanks to another local Connecticut guy name P.T. Barnum who introduced the world to the Feejee Mermaid in the 1840s.
Additional Voice Talent: Jim Harold
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Stratford Point Lighthouse in Stratford, Connecticut
Stratford Point Lighthouse keeper Theodore "Theed" Judson.
[OCEAN WAVES SEA GULLS]
JEFF: Ray, imagine you get your hands around something unlike anything the world has ever seen before. Something no one would believe unless they saw it for themselves!
RAY: I pretty much imagine that every week, Jeff. We've chased some pretty crazy legends, and sometimes it's hard to believe some of these things could actually be true.
JEFF: I get that. Well, this week's adventure may stretch your skepticism to its outer limits.
RAY: Okay, I'm ready. This is a pretty spot on Long Island Sound here in the Lordship section of Stratford. What are we looking for?
JEFF: We're on the Connecticut coast, heading to Stratford Point Lighthouse.
RAY: What is it about lighthouses, Jeff? We've explored many over the years. They all seem to be haunted. What ghost are we looking for here?
JEFF: Not a ghost this time, Ray. We're heading down to the rocks near the lighthouse in search of a mermaid.
JEFF: Hey I'm Jeff Belanger and welcome to Episode 146 of the New England Legends podcast. If you give us about ten minutes, we'll give you something strange to talk about today.
RAY: And I'm Ray Auger, thanks for joining us on our mission to chronicle every single legend in New England one story at a time. And we can't do what we do without the help of our patreon patrons! These legendary people kick in just $3 bucks per month…
JEFF: though some add a little more because they're awesome…
RAY: They are! And they get early access to new episodes, plus bonus episodes and content that no one else gets to hear. Just head over to patreon.com/newenglandlegends to become a bigger part of the movement.
JEFF: Also, I'd like to remind everyone that my ongoing story tour has moved into the virtual realm since this whole quarantine thing started. But I have a ton of programs coming up and the good news is most of them are free, and you can attend from anywhere. You can find a list of dates, times, and places on my Web site, or the New England Legends Web site.
RAY: Okay, Jeff. We both have daughters.
JEFF: We do.
RAY: We've both seen pretty much all of the Disney movies.
JEFF: We have.
RAY: That includes Little Mermaid.
JEFF: It does.
RAY: So now I have all of those songs stuck in my head, thankyouverymuch.
JEFF: (SINGING) Under the sea…
RAY: Don't sing another note or we may have to pay a billion dollars to license something.
JEFF: Good point. Okay, The Little Mermaid movie we all know and love was based on the 1837 story written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, and the original is definitely a bit darker. Check out this line.
RAY: Ooof, yeah. Andersen wrote: A mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.
JEFF: There's also the whole: only-a-man-can-save-you trope he plays into.
RAY: This line from the book says: A mermaid has not an immortal soul, nor can she obtain one unless she wins the love of a human being. On the power of another hangs her eternal destiny.
JEFF: Not the message you want to give to your daughter.
RAY: Right, that only a man can save you. And to get a man you have to change everything that you are.
JEFF: But we're not here to debate the merits of the old story or Disney princesses. Hans Christian Andersen based his star character on the legendary mermaid.
RAY: We've explored other half-human half-animals before.
JEFF: We have. Bird men, half-moose men, and so on. Folklore is full of accounts of half-human/half-fish, from the sirens of Greek mythology to the more traditional mermaid. In folklore, these creatures aren't always nice, and they're not always beautiful. They often call sailors to their doom.
RAY: I get all that. But there was a mermaid in Stratford, Connecticut?
JEFF: Yup, right in this neighborhood, if you believe the newspaper account.
RAY: Lordship is aptly named. These are some swanky houses for sure.
JEFF: To find our mermaid we're going to explore the rocky shore, and then travel back to July of 1915 to set this up.
JEFF: It's July 4th, 1915 here at Stratford Point Lighthouse. For the last 35 years, the lighthouse keeper has been Theodore Judson, but his friends call him Theed.
RAY: Theed may just be a little bit crazy.
JEFF: Come onnn… why do you say that?
RAY: For one, his friends may call him Theed, but many Stratford locals call him "Crazy" Judson.
JEFF: Because he lives here all isolated at the lighthouse?
RAY: Maybe that's part of it, but this lighthouse is different than some of the many others we've explored in the past. This lighthouse is located on the mainland. So it's not like he's stuck out in the ocean. They call him crazy, because he's prone to seeing strange things.
JEFF: Like what?
RAY: In 1886, he claimed to have spotted a sea serpent right off of Stratford Point. This is how he described it.
JUDSON: The monster was easily 200 feet in length, with whiskers that were the rich, deep green color of bog hay.
JEFF: Well, okay, but he's not the first or last person to spot a sea serpent off the coast of New England. Maybe there's something to it.
RAY: Theed also claims he's spotted mermaids near his lighthouse. He says it's been ongoing for years, it's just tough to get close before they swim off.
JEFF: Which is why we're here. Mermaid fever gripped this entire region decades ago because another local guy you may have heard of.
RAY: Who's that?
JEFF: He's the former mayor of nearby Bridgeport, Connecticut.
RAY: Hmmm… I need another clue.
JEFF: He was born not far from here in Bethel, Connecticut, in 1810.
RAY: Still not getting it.
JEFF: He's considered the greatest showman who ever lived, and he once said, "There's a sucker born every minutes."
RAY: Of course! Phineas Taylor Barnum!
JEFF: Exactly. Old P.T. Barnum once offered a $20,000 reward for the capture of a mermaid. He figured with so many folklore and mythology stories out there, plus strange tales from sailors and those who live along the shore, there MUST be something to it.
RAY: It was 1842 when Barnum announced he had in his possession an actual taxidermied mermaid! The Fiji mermaid, as it came to be called, was not sexy or alluring in any way. It was small, with an ugly monkey-like face and arms, and its lower half was a fish.
JEFF: Funny you mention the monkey-like upper body because most skeptics claim the Fiji mermaid was nothing more than parts of a monkey, fish, and maybe even a few other animals expertly pieced together to look like a creature resembling a mermaid.
RAY: The Fiji mermaid was eventually lost in a fire, but folks never stopped thinking about it and wondering. Could there really be some species of human-like fish near our shores or in our oceans?
JEFF: Back to Theed Judson of Stratford. It's July 4th of 1915 when Theed runs to the local newspaper to tell of his mermaid encounter by the lighthouse earlier that week.
JUDSON: I was busying myself about the place on Monday when I heard a voice, angelic, it seemed to me, and stranger than any songstress I had ever heard, coming from the vicinity of the point. I proceeded to investigate and from the bluff saw a mermaid seated on one of the rocks, her hair hanging in golden tresses down her back, and she brushing it. I made up my mind to capture her, and in order to do so realized that strategy was necessary, so I made a circuit of the ground to the west and getting to the water's edge crept stealthily toward the rack.
Unmindful of the approach of anyone, the angelic creature sung her love ditty and I am free to admit that no music I have ever heard so enchanted me. I dodged behind rock after rock, stopping from time-to-time, fearful least she might hear my approach until at last all chance of seclusion for me was gone, and with one bound I made for the mermaid and seized her about the waist. With a scream she struck at me with her brush, landing on my forehead and knocking my cap into the water. Then, with a swish of her tail she caught me on the chin.
RAY: Judson is pointing to his chin. I see a little red mark, but really it could be a cut from a shaving razor or even a fingernail. It's barely a scratch.
JUDSON: Another instant, she had seized me by the hair. All this time I was struggling with her and had started for the shore, but when the prize was fairly within my grasp, she gave a wiggle, and slipped like an eel out of my arms, dove into the water, and with a tantalizing laugh, dove out of sight.
This is a true mermaid story, and if you ae inclined to doubt it, or anyone else, I have the hair brush that I picked up with my cap from the water to prove the truth of what I tell you.
JEFF: Yes, that is indeed a hairbrush. It looks like an ordinary wooden hairbrush, but there's an oyster shell on the back of it. Judson claims mermaids get their hairbrushes from the staterooms of sunken ships, which is why it looks so ordinary.
RAY: Of course. So this story makes the rounds in the newspapers, and pretty soon locals remember the tale Judson told of seeing the sea serpent decades earlier, and those who know him around Stratford again bring up his nickname of Crazy Judson, until people shrug and believe what they want to believe anyway.
JEFF: And that brings us back to today.
JEFF: I love this story, Ray. It's got sea monsters and mermaids…
RAY: And what seems like a pretty unreliable witness, Jeff.
JEFF: Yeah, I get that too. But still, mermaid stories have been around for many centuries, and they're not going away. It's funny how we have a way of turning the unknown into what suits us.
RAY: What do you mean?
JEFF: Being out at sea is a lonely occupation.
RAY: It was true then and it's still true today.
JEFF: I imagine some sailors have a wandering eye to whatever siren might call out them by the shore…
RAY: Or in the local tavern when they're in a foreign port…
JEFF: Wives and girlfriends back home may be all too happy to talk about mermaids. How they're lovely creatures, but deadly if you fall under their spell and song.
RAY: If the mermaid doesn't kill, your wife back home will.
JEFF: Exactly. Which makes Theed Judson's a cautionary tale. Maybe it's best to avoid mermaids.
RAY: Which even further explains why we've never caught one!
JEFF: Right!
RAY: You legendary listeners can catch us every single week on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartradio, or wherever you get your podcasts. It's free, so please subscribe so you don't miss a thing.
JEFF: Please also tell a friend or two about our show, post your favorite episode to your social media, or post a review for us. It all goes a long way in helping others find our show.
RAY: We'd like to thank Jim Harold from the Paranormal Podcast for lending his voice acting talents this week, and our theme music is by John Judd.
VOICEMAIL: Hey, hey legendary listeners Andrew Warren out of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Wanted to say that we are a legend in a community. I love you all be safe out there. Remember the bizarre is closer than you think.
Podcast 165 – Aunt Lonnie of Tucker Hollow Road
In Episode 165,
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GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ—William P. James, age 62, of Gloucester City, died suddenly on Monday, January 21, 2019. Loving husband of 36 years to Virginia "Ginny" James (nee Quinton). Beloved father of Erin (Sean) Gorman, Ian (Fiance Samantha Arnone) James, Liam (Bernadette) James, Colin James and Johanna James. Cherished grandfather of Ryan, Kaiden, Kellan, Shea, Desmond and expecting Kennedy. Dear Brother of Therese (Mike) Smollock, Maria (Tom) Kerchersky, Marybeth (Scott) Jeffries, David James, Christopher James, Steven James, Patrick James, Kathy James and Michael (Joanne) James. Survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins. Predeceased by his parents, William F. James and Rosemary James (nee Keoghan).
Bill was born in Camden City, NJ and was a lifelong and proud resident of Gloucester City. He graduated from Gloucester Catholic High School in 1974. Bill was hired by the Gloucester City Police Department in 1979 serving as Patrolman, Investigator, Detective, Sergeant, Lieutenant and retired as the Deputy Police Chief in 2005 with one of the most decorated careers in the Department's history. Leading up to and during his Police Department career, he coached youth sports in baseball, softball, and basketball for over twenty-five years. Bill was involved with the Gloucester City Little League, Mustangs, Ponytail League, Carmen Palmiero Basketball League. He was Vice-President of the Police Athletic League for 20 years, member of the Sportsmen AC, Broomall String Band, Old Timers String Band, Democrat Club and Camden County Emerald Society. Bill previously served on the Gloucester City Board of Education. He was a member of the Gloucester City Knights of Columbus Council #674 and lifelong parishioner of Saint Mary's R.C. Church.
In November 2006, Bill was elected as an Independent Mayor of the City of Gloucester City and was re-elected as Democratic incumbent in 2010 and 2014. Mayor William P. James completed his third term as the Mayor of the City of Gloucester City on December 31, 2018. He was the longest serving Mayor in the City's 150th year history. Mayor James truly loved the people of Gloucester City and serving this City as a police officer and as Mayor. Bill truly loved his family and spending time down the shore, fishing and watching the Phillies and Eagles play.
Relatives, Friends, Law-Enforcement and residents of Gloucester City are kindly invited to Bill's viewing on Friday, January 25, 2019 from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm at Saint Mary's R.C. Church: 426 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 8 pm.
Camden County Emerald Society, Gloucester City Police Department, Gloucester City Fire Department, Mayor Daniel T. Spencer, Jr and Council will process behind William's casket at 2:45 pm Friday from McCann-Healey Funeral Home: 851 Monmouth Street to Saint Mary's R.C. Church. Residents are invited to watch along Monmouth Street and pay their respects.
Cremation will be private on Saturday and Inurnment with Catholic Rite of Committal private for the family on Monday at New Saint Mary's Cemetery, Bellmawr.
Family respectfully requests in lieu of flowers memorial donations in William's memory to Gloucester City P.B.A. Local # 40: P.O. Box 162, Gloucester City, NJ 08030. Please write in memo: William P. James or to the Gloucester City P.A.L. c/o Dayl Baile: 52 Baynes Avenue, Gloucester City, NJ 08030. Please write in memo: William P. James.


From 1 November 1855, her married name became Troubridge.
Children of Louisa Jane Gurney and Sir Thomas St. Vincent Hope Cochrane Troubridge, 3rd Bt.
[S7629] Rachel Williams, "re: Williams Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 29 June 2015. Hereinafter cited as "re: Williams Family."
Children of Laura Gurney and Sir Thomas Herbert Cochrane Troubridge, 4th Bt.
From 2 September 1939, her married name became Troubridge.