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Nita Kundanmal is the founding member and principal of The Law Office of Nita Kundanmal, P.C.
Ms. Kundanmal is an Indian immigrant, born and raised in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
She graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from the City College of New York with a B.A. in English in 1999.
Ms. Kundanmal obtained her Juris Doctorate degree from Brooklyn Law School, New York, in 2002.
Upon graduation from law school, Ms. Kundanmal was appointed Assistant Corporation Counsel (Torts Division, Kings County) by Mayor Bloomberg in 2002 where she served as trial counsel from 2005 to 2006 defending the City of New York. She practiced civil defense litigation from 2007 to 2012.
Ms. Kundanmal began her immigration practice in Hackensack, New Jersey in 2013.
Ms. Kundanmal is a member of the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Courts of Appeals of the Second Circuit, and the Eleventh Circuit.
She also admitted to New York State Court, Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, New Jersey State Court and New Jersey District Court.While based in New Jersey, Ms. Kundanmal handles immigration court cases on a national level.
Ms. Kundanmal personally represents clients before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service and immigration courts throughout the United States on a regular basis.
Ms. Kundanmal is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
She served as the Chair of the Diversity Committee - Trial Lawyers of the New York State Bar Association from 2008-2010.
She also served as an alternate member on the Hackensack Planning Board from 2013 to 2015.
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The Street Profits and Viking Raiders Are Putting Entertainment Back in WWE
Graham GSM Matthews@@WrestleRantTwitter LogoFeatured ColumnistJune 1, 2020
Credit: WWE
At a time when variety is desperately needed in a wrestling world without crowds, The Street Profits and The Viking Raiders are doing an exceptional job of putting entertainment back into the WWE product.
The tandems have had great chemistry in the ring since their early wars over the NXT Tag Team Championship. However, it was going to take more than a strong series of matches to get fans invested in their rivalry again under the current circumstances.
Raw has hosted its fair share of excellent action as of late, but fans can only watch so many matches in an empty arena before it gets tiresome. That's why it was imperative for Street Profits and Viking Raiders to take their feud outside of the squared circle and put their skills to the test in various forms of competition.
From ax throwing to games of golf and basketball, they have been among the best parts of the program in recent weeks. They have also been given the chance to showcase previously unknown sides to their characters.
As crucial as wrestling is to the product, this rivalry has proved getting creative with the entertainment aspect of things is of equal importance, especially in terms of keeping things fun and fresh for fans.
In addition to featuring insight from Raw tag team champion Montez Ford via a phone interview conducted Friday, this list will look at the five ways WWE has nailed the sports-entertainment approach to this rivalry ahead of the teams' bowling battle on Monday's Raw.
Ultimate Escape from Reality
With everything going on in the world, it's more important than ever before for WWE and other wrestling promotions to serve as an escape from reality.
The company prides itself on its ability to put smiles on people's smiles. As cheesy as that may sound, it applies perfectly to the rivalry between The Street Profits and The Viking Raiders.
Wrestling should be fun, and these segments—from the basketball court to the golf course—have been hugely entertaining. Their matches could also be a blast, but they won't make the masses laugh in the way Montez Ford executing a picture-perfect ax throw would.
Not every piece of television WWE produces is meant to be realistic. Nor does it have to be. It's also isn't for everyone, but the chance to be a beacon of light during these times isn't lost on the performers, specifically Ford.
"It's important to us because there's a lot of things going on in the world right now," he said. "It's also a privilege and a blessing that I'm able to give the world a positive light at this time. It's good that I'm in that position to do that right now. I'm privileged and blessed I can give the world a type of light of comfort with the situation that's going on."
Even if you aren't enjoying their segments, you can at least appreciate their effort in trying something new.
Giving Fans Another Reason to Care About the Characters
It's rare in today's WWE that fans are given the chance to care about the characters beyond knowing what they are capable of in the ring. And that isn't always possible, either. It's one of the issues the company runs into by having so many talented performers under contract at once, making it that much harder to give each of them the creative attention they deserve.
The Street Profits and The Viking Raiders are in an enviable position on Raw in that they have been prominently featured on the show over the past month, and not because the former are Raw tag team champions. Rather, it has everything to do with how their competition segments have brought the best out of both teams.
Viewers may not be getting an extensive look at their upbringings and backgrounds prior to arriving in WWE, but they are finding out what their hidden talents are. They have benefited from showing the world what they are like outside of the ring, which Montez Ford feels is giving them the character development they have long needed.
"When you see people on TV or on social media, you see them or interact with people for a short period, a fragmented time of the day, and you don't really know what they're doing for the rest of the 23 hours of the day," he said.
He added that, no matter what form of entertainment or storytelling it is, more Superstars should be seen for who they are and let the crowd connect with them on a personal level.
"I think everyone can possibly benefit from it, whether it is bowling, ax throwing, basketball, Street Talk or Monday after Weekend Update," he said. "I think everyone can benefit from showing themselves in another light. I think it's great to let fans see us as individuals on a different level because we're humans just like everybody else."
Long-Form Storytelling
It wasn't uncommon during the Attitude Era for an angle to open the show, carry on throughout the episode and then culminate before it went off air.
Most of these storylines featured top talent, and while The Street Profits and The Viking Raiders aren't competing in many main events, that doesn't make their rivalry any less compelling.
Look no further than their ax throwing contest on May 18, when viewers were given updates over the course of that night's Raw as to who was in the lead. Each installment of the segment told a story, finishing with Street Profits scoring the decisive victory after Viking Raiders admitted to "letting them win."
Montez Ford remembers a time when long-form storytelling was the norm in WWE, specifically during the Attitude Era. It shaped his wrestling fandom, and he's adamant about bringing it back.
"They used to have tidbits throughout the show of something happening continuously," he said. "I remember one thing right off the top of my head from 2000 when "Stone Cold" Steve Austin first came back to SmackDown, and I remember throughout the episode, they'd have a rattlesnake here or something here. It just kept teasing about Austin finally returning.
"So when Austin finally returned, it was the big reveal at the end of the night. My point is that back in the Attitude Era or coming up, these are most of the ideas I saw. It also helps to not just have matches inside the Performance Center. You get to see some of these personalities outside of the Performance Center."
Street Profits and Viking Raiders have done just that, something that isn't always achievable with wrestling matches that have an allotted time and don't provide viewers with any incentive to stay tuned in once they are over.
Learning from the Past to Better the Present
If The Street Profits and The Viking Raiders waging war in various forms of competition sounds familiar, it's because Matt Hardy and MVP did something similar with their riveting rivalry over the United States Championship in 2007.
Hardy and MVP trading wins for the prize would have been acceptable, albeit uninspiring. WWE was smart to branch out and get people buzzing about their feud by having them face off in basketball games and arm-wrestling contests, among other things.
People remember their rivalry because of those competitions, and now Street Profits and Viking Raiders are no different. Much like MVP and Hardy, their matches are always entertaining, but their skits outside of the ring have been even better.
Another example was when Ryback and Mark Henry clashed in a bench-press competition in March 2013, which Montez Ford cites as his inspiration for what he and Angelo Dawkins have been doing lately with the Raiders.
"One of the things we took as inspiration from seeing all those things growing up is doing something completely different to ensure that each event we do is completely different," he said. "When you see the Fast & Furious movies or the Saw movies or any sort of franchise that has four or more movies, you want to see the characters, but you also want to see the different setting when it comes to whatever they're trying to accomplish. That's pretty much what we tried to do with all of these skits."
Like Ford stated, each segment has been unique and enjoyable in its own way. It isn't copying so much as it is taking it something that worked well in the past and putting their spin on it to enhance their storyline.
With these types of skits, the possibilities are endless. The Street Profits and The Viking Raiders are three competitions in, and with a fourth scheduled to take place at a bowling alley Monday, there's no telling how much more they have in store.
Better yet, each of their segments has been more entertaining than the last, meaning there's no rush for the rivalry to end. Granted, they will have to collide for the Raw Tag Team Championship again eventually, but WWE could easily get another few weeks out of these skits if it can keep up the creativity.
Another factor in what makes the storyline such a blast is that The Street Profits and The Viking Raiders have little in common beyond being terrific tag teams. They have different strengths, which is what has allowed them to go outside of their comfort zones and continue to come up with activities to compete against each other in.
"We can have a barbecue cookout, we can do swimming, we can have a bodybuilding pose-down. I would definitely love to have a candy contest myself—I love candy," Ford said about what could be coming down the road. "We have so many different types of events that we can explore with so many different personalities involved in it.
"Dawkins and I were talking about some of the other things we can possibly do, but we do have bowling coming up, and aside from ax throwing, that's another thing that's out of our element. But they said what they said, and we have to make sure they eat their words."
Regardless of which team reigns supreme in this rivalry, the success of their skits should hopefully pave the way for more Superstars to follow in their footsteps and express creative freedom to better the show and further their careers.
Don't miss The Street Profits and The Viking Raiders squaring off in a game of bowling during tonight's episode of WWE Raw on USA Network.
Graham Mirmina, aka Graham "GSM" Matthews, has specialized in sports and entertainment writing since 2010. Visit his website, Next Era Wrestling, and "like" his official Facebook page to continue the conversation on all things wrestling.

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# Introduction

Data Collection Protocol is an endpoint-aware extension of [Kaa Protocol](/0001/README.md).

It is designed to collect data from endpoints and transfer it to extension services for storage and/or processing.

# Language

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC 2119](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2119).

The following terms and definitions are used in this RFC.

- **Data sample**: an independent data record collected from an endpoint.
- **Batch**: a collection of data samples uploaded in a single request message.
- **Processing confirmation**: an acknowledgment designating that the server has finished processing a request.

# Requirements and constraints

- Data sample processing is asynchronous.
Processing data samples might require a significant period of time and may be performed simultaneously or in a different order than sent.

- The client may need to know if a data sample has been processed.
This way the client can guarantee that the data has been processed and to free allocated resources.

  Possible solutions:
  - Use QoS levels for message delivery confirmation.
  - Use QoS levels for message processing confirmation.
    MQTT requires all PUBACK messages to appear in the same order as received PUBLISH messages.
    This creates a synchronization point, which conflicts with asynchronous processing requirement.
  - Use separate response messages for processing confirmation.
    This is achieved by using request/response pattern as defined in 1/KP.

- The server should be able to handle different data formats.
  Different endpoints may send data in a variety of formats. The server should recognize the format of the payload to parse it.

  Solutions:
  - Use `<format_specifier>` embedded into the resource path.

- The server should know the endpoint that generates the data.

  Solutions:
  - Make 2/DCP an endpoint-aware extension as defined in 1/KP.

- Minimize network usage.
  Internet connection may be slow, unstable, or costly, so the extension should send as little data as possible.

  Solutions:
  - Upload data in [batches](#language).

- Device may not be able to generate timestamps.

  Solutions:
  - On the server side, use network packet arrival time as a timestamp if no timestamp is present.

# Use cases

## UC1: Device shadow

The user only wants to know the current status of the endpoint parameters.
The endpoint updates them periodically.

## UC2: Historical data collection

The user wants to store all collected data, including timestamps, for further processing and for visualizing historical trends.

# Design

## Batch uploads

To reduce network usage, data sample are uploaded in batches.
All data samples in a batch are processed together and have a single response status.

## No built-in timestamp handling

Due to the fact that different applications might need timestamps in different formats and precision, Data Collection Protocol does not provide any special handling for timestamps.
There is no special field for a timestamp — it is the responsibility of higher layers to interpret any field as a timestamp.

Recommended fallback solution for cases when there is no timestamp: save server timestamp upon receiving a network message and pass it along with the parsed data, so the upper layers can use that timestamp if needed.

## Request/response

2/DCP follows client-initiated request/response pattern defined in [1/KP](/0001/README.md#requestresponse-pattern).

## Data collection

### Request

The client MUST send data collection requests to the following extension-specific resource path:
```
/<endpoint_token>/json
```

The request payload MUST be a UTF-8 encoded JSON object with the following [JSON schema](http://json-schema.org/) ([0002-request.schema.json](./0002-request.schema.json)):
```json
{
    "$schema":"http://json-schema.org/schema#",
    "title":"2/DCP request schema",

    "type":"array"
}
```
where each element of the array represents a single data sample.
Data samples can be of any valid JSON type.

Example:
```json
[
    {
        "key":"value"
    },
    15,
    [
        "an",
        "array",
        13
    ]
]
```

### Response

A successful processing confirmation response MUST have zero-length payload.

A successful response indicates the batch was successfully delivered and processed.

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Florida Ballot 2016: What is Florida Right to Medical Marijuana Initiative, Amendment 2 (2016) & Florida Cannabis Act (2016)
This is a pivotal time in marijuana legislation with several states making medical marijuana usage legal and Colorado and Washington legalizing everyday use. But where do things stand in Florida? What's on the ballot right now and what can Floridians expect in the future?
Amendment 2, Florida Right to Medical Marijuana Initiative: What Does it Mean for the Sunshine State?
What Is Medical Marijuana?
Before we get into the details behind Amendment 2 (on the 2016 ballot) it's important to explain the difference between medical marijuana and everyday marijuana.
Medical marijuana is not just marijuana used for medicinal purposes. It's not the stuff you see in Cheech and Chong movies or That 70s Show. It is a specific strain of the marijuana plant that is high in cannabidiol (CBD) and low in tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
Low THC means no, or minimal, "high" from it and the CBD is thought to decrease seizures. This type of marijuana is not smoked. It is distilled into an oil, which is taken under the tongue. Usage is currently allowed by those with a year or less to live when purchased from a cannabis dispensary.
What's on the Florida 2016 Ballot?
If Amendment 2 passes it would allow medical use of marijuana for individuals with "debilitating" medical conditions as determined by a licensed Florida physician. It would also allow caregivers to assist patients to use medical marijuana. Regulation of the production, distribution, and sale of medical marijuana would be overseen by the Department of Health. Under the new amendment patients approved to use medical marijuana and their caregivers would receive identification cards.
This medical marijuana provision would apply to Florida law only. It would not protect users from violations of federal law. Nor would it protect anyone from non-medical use, possession or production of marijuana.
The arguments in favor of this initiative point out marijuana's anti-nausea and anti-seizure effects, and its ability to increase the appetite, which is important for patients who have lost the desire to eat. Current prescription drugs often have more serious side effects than marijuana, also cocaine, morphine, and methamphetamine have been administered to patients in extreme pain during end of life situations and they are far more habit forming than marijuana.
What is the Florida Cannabis Act (2016)?
Unlike Amendment 2, the Florida Cannabis Act (#15-19) failed to make the ballot as a proposed constitutional amendment in 2016. Had it been accepted as an amendment the Florida voters would be deciding on making it legal to possess up to one ounce of marijuana by residents who are at least 21 years old. Florida residents would have also been allowed to cultivate up to six plants per household with three or fewer mature or flowering plants. Plants would've needed to be grown in "an enclosed, locked space." Growers wouldn't have been allowed to sell the plants they grew.
Under the suggested amendment, marijuana would have been classified like alcohol—illegal for residents under 21, proof of age would be required before purchasing marijuana, and it would be illegal for anyone to drive while impaired or under the influence of it. The proposed amendment also outlined regulations for growing it, retail sales, and manufacturing marijuana products.
Sensible Florida maintained that underage use could be prohibited, consequences would still be in place for reckless use of machinery, job growth would occur, and law enforcement could worry about larger concerns. It also cited how Colorado saw a big increase in tourism after it legalized marijuana use.
The Florida Cannabis Act didn't make it to the ballot because the organization behind it — Regulate Florida — was unable to secure the minimum of 683,149 signatures to qualify for the November 2016 ballot.
What Do These Measures Mean for Florida?
We won't know until after the November election but one thing is certain, marijuana is still a ways away from being legalized in the Sunshine State. For now, the Florida marijuana decriminalization laws (for the general public) are not on the ballot, but Tampa is changing how it processes marijuana possession.
Marijuana arrests will continue in Florida (with the exception of Tampa) even if Amendment 2 passes. Drug possession will continue to be illegal except for those who are suffering from debilitating medical conditions and are registered with the state.
If you've been arrested for marijuana possession in Florida, contact an attorney who understands. You have a right to fair representation. Contact Dean Tsourakis today. The initial consultation is free.
Written By: Dean Tsourakis on Oct 21, 2016


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Jack Dunn (born September 12, 1931) was a U.S. soccer inside right who was a four-time All-American, a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1952 Summer Olympics.  He was a four-time All-American and coached at the collegiate level.

Player
Dunn grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he played for the Lighthouse Boys Club and was three-time All City at Northeast Public High School.  He then attended Temple University, playing on the men's soccer team from 1951 to 1954.  He was a 1951 Honorable Mention (third team) All-American, 1953 Second Team All-American and 1952 and 1954 First Team All-American.  He graduated in 1955.  He was inducted into the Temple Hall of Fame in 1975.  In 1952, he was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

He may have spent several years with Uhrik Truckers in the American Soccer League. He played for the Brooklyn German Hungarians for a time. He also played and coached for the Philadelphia United German-Hungarians  winning the 1965 National Amateur Cup with them.  He played on four professional championship teams.

He spent several years in the U.S. Army.  He was discharged in 1958 and began working at Gulf Oil Company.

Coach
He later coached at both the amateur and collegiate levels.  In 1958, he was hired by St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia.  He coached the school's team until 1975, compiling a 120–57–23 record.

References

External links
Temple University Hall of Fame

Living people
Sportspeople from Philadelphia
American soccer coaches
American soccer players
American Soccer League (1933–1983) players
Lighthouse Boys Club players
Temple Owls men's soccer players
Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Saint Joseph's Hawks men's soccer coaches
Olympic soccer players of the United States
Uhrik Truckers players
Soccer players from Philadelphia
Association football forwards
1931 births

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Recessed housings have come a long way since their initial introduction into the marketplace. Today, more electrical contractors are using low voltage housings to provide task lighting and are including further accents with a full range of trims.
When installing fixtures with standard voltage, low voltage halogen, or fluorescent fixtures, the typical sizes of these units are 4 to 6 inches in diameter. The larger size fixtures can be used in heightened entryways or cathedral ceilings, while the smaller units offer a sleeker, more modern design and look.
It is important to ask the client exactly which areas they would like to have highlighted. For example, determine if there is a space that needs bright light for reading or soft dimmed light for watching television.
Fluorescent recessed housings with fluorescent ballasts offer a great design and use for energy savings while offering an extended lamp life, but light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are making in-roads and have changed the game in some cases. If the units are being installed in hard-to-reach places—i.e. large and open entryways where access is limited—most contractors are looking to these efficient and long-lasting housing installations.
These new LED housings may actually be way more than just a housing in a traditional sense. Recessed LEDs include the fixutre, driver, lamp, heat sink in one single item. You can put in the new fixture, connect it to a power source, and go.
Finish trims add the final touch to recessed housings. A variety of adjustable or directional trims are available to enhance and direct light to a specific area. Other housings are designed for a specific type of lamp, as diameters are used specifically for general lighting while others are designed for accent lighting. Some recessed housings are designed specifically for sloped ceilings or high vaulted ceilings.
Recessed housings are designed to create a smooth and trimless look. These installations are looking to these fixtures to maximize the ever-popular minimalist environment while increasing the architectural detail for not only residential, but also commercial projects. The housings apertures are available in sizes designed for general lighting, accent and task lighting and high ceiling lighting.
Since labor is always an important consideration, many lighting manufacturers have introduced products that have helped contractors provide a smoother, easier installation. Some companies offers housings that have preinstalled nails and even include an automatic leveling flange that enables you to align the housing and hold it in place while securing to the joists. Other innovations to solve labor considerations are available.
When installing these units, be sure to keep in mind housing aperture size, which determines the diameter of the opening that will emit not only the light beam, but also the size of the ceiling opening.
In the residential marketplace, recessed downlights are the most popular selections for residential lighting fixtures. While some downlights use standard incandescent lamps, many are designed to use reflector lamps such as P (Parabolic), R (Reflector) and MR lamps. These products are fairly simple to install, offer a classically appealing look and offer ample task light when located over a work area.
The increasingly popular IC-rated housings are affixed to the ceiling supports before the ceiling surface is installed. Code requirements ensure these units do not overheat when they come in contact with insulation because they could cause a fire hazard. These 75-watt (W) maximum housings must be installed where insulation comes in direct contact with the housing.
Non-IC rated housings, which are typically rated up to a maximum 150W, can still be used in similar installations as the IC-rated new construction housings but require no insulation come in contact with the fixture, and they must be placed at least four inches away from all insulation. Sloped-ceiling housings are available for both insulated and non-insulated, vaulted ceilings.
When installing recessed housings, another point to consider is proximity to power. For example, if there is a ceiling box where the light will be installed, it is easy enough to just disconnect the wires from the box and reattach them to the cut-in can.
Be sure to take careful note of the rating of each housing before installation as the National Electrical Code requires an IC-rated housing be installed if insulation is present. The Code generally requires airtight IC housings be installed to minimize airflow between conditioned living space and non-conditioned attic or plenum.
IC housings are designed to ensure no flammable materials come into contact with the lighting fixture when it reaches an elevated temperature. If they are not installed properly or if a housing is used that is designed to shut off when a temperature reaches a certain point, these poorly installed downlights could potentially put a home or building at risk of a fire hazard.
Today, nearly all of the newer housings contain a thermal reset switch designed to shut off for safety purposes. Smaller installations can be accomplished between ceiling joists of newer constructed buildings. When completing a major renovation, other recessed fixtures, which are placed into an existing ceiling space through holes made to accommodate wiring, are designed specifically for retrofit applications.
Low voltage halogen lamps offer a much longer life and distribute more illumination than incandescent lamps, although they require the use of transformers and special low voltage housings. Dimming controls can easily be installed and are available to accommodate halogen housings.
The low voltage recessed housings allow precise recessed accent lighting from low voltage housings. Remodeling recessed housings can be used with installations where there is no access above the ceiling. These housings are designed specifically for easy installation into a finished ceiling, offering lighting that could not have been possible before the install.
Some housing manufacturers recently brought to the marketplace a range of recessed plaster housings, which are side-mounted and can be installed during the initial stage of construction.
For safety, the unit includes a thermal protector that deactivates the fixture if it overheats. Available with a variety of trim options, you no longer have to guess which housing belongs with which trim. The can and trim come packaged together. This combined packaging greatly simplifies the often confusing process of selecting recessed lighting.
Installing recessed fixtures isn't difficult. If you have dropped ceilings or access from above—e.g., from the attic—that's easiest of all. The job is a bit trickier when you don't have access, but fortunately, most manufacturers offer special remodeling fixtures for this kind of job.
Whatever the challenge in recessed lighting, manufacturers have found many innovative ways to solve almost any application. Work with your local distributor to learn more and find these solutions to provide safe, efficient lighting while saving labor costs in installation time.
In late 2012, the California Energy Commission (CEC) published a voluntary specification recognizing quality light-emitting diode (LED) lamps intended to replace screwbase incandescent lamps in luminaires. Called the Quality LED Lamp Specification (QLS), it covers a range of omnidirectional and directional (spot and flood) lamps.


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Q: Is it possible to make Xbox 360 games using SDL? I've watched Elysian Shadows' video on getting started with game development and in the video, Falco says that you can make a game engine entirely from scratch. Going from his word, XNA seems like "cheating" and I was wondering if there was any way to make Xbox 360 games without XNA, but rather relying on low level libraries such as SDL, along with c++.
Here is the video for reference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaxckMNq0eU

A: https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/1413/could-sdl-be-used-to-target-xbox-360
The above question was already answered on the GameDev StackExchange. Basically, the answer is no because "XNA is C# and DirectX" whie "SDL is C and OpenGL".
I'm probably missing something, so try to do more research on it.

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Licence to Kill
Posted bywarrenwatchedamovie June 17, 2022 May 5, 2022 Posted inJames Bond, SuperSpyTags:Action, Adventure, Thriller
Directed by John Glen
June 13, 1989 (London) / July 10, 1989 (US) / July 14, 1989 (UK)
James Bond seeks vengeance on a powerful drug lord for a near fatal attempt on the life of Felix Leiter.
Licence to Kill is Timothy Dalton's second and final outing as the legendary screen superspy James Bond. It's a bit of a letdown for not only the actor but the character as well. From an action standpoint Licence to Kill is great. From a performance standpoint Dalton kills it as James Bond. He was a good choice for the character. He can do tough and charming. The problem is the material Dalton is given.
James Bond going after a drug lord? How are drugs a Bond level threat? I know he's seeking revenge for what happened with his friend but he's not seeking revenge and also stopping something that threatens the world at that very moment. In essence Bond is hunting down Pablo Escobar in a ham-fisted way. Not nearly as bad as James Bond getting involved in a caper connected to Latin American water rights but it's pretty close.
And the script itself came off as similar to one of dozens of action movies from that time. The Soviet Union was going away and action heroes needed somebody else to go after so they often went against drug lords.
I'm cool with David Hedison as an actor, but The Living Daylights had Felix Leiter in a brief appearance played by John Terry and then they bring back David Hedison from decades ago to play Felix Leiter. Admittedly the actor from the last film went to the Kristen Stewart School of Dramatic Acting from the looks of it but recasting just bothered me.
Fun fact: I've met Robert Davi who plays Franz Sanchez once in real life. Very nice guy but also very intense and very tall but that height thing could've been elevated in part in my mind because I met Robert Davi. Goonies. Stargate Atlantis. And here James Bond. And a whole bunch of other stuff that I enjoy. And I enjoy it in large part because of him. He's a very fine actor.
Davi brings the goods as the villain with all the excessive resources. He is very much an evil asshole but as an antagonist for Bond he just doesn't fit. I think he would've really shined in the part if this had been reworked into a movie without James Bond. At this point Bond was larger than life and had taken on people looking to destroy the world and remake it in their own image. Going against a drug lord-even one played by Robert Davi-just didn't fit.
Benicio Del Toro in an early role has a small part as one of Robert's Davies Hench people named Dario. He was actually quite good and rather threatening as the character. I could buy that he would kill somebody just for kicks.
Anthony Zerbe is a prolific actor. He has done a lot. Here he's a low-ranking middleman named Milton Krest in the evil drug organization. He's okay but the problem again comes down to the material. The more this movie goes on and the more characters they add, the more it plays like a well-cast episode of Miami Vice than it does a generic action film or even a Bond movie. Some have complained about the darker tone but that is not the issue at all.
We have the likes of Everett McGill, Frank McRae, Anthony Starke, Grand L. Bush, Don Stroud, Priscilla Barnes, and Wayne Newton in this movie. Not bad to one extent or another but they were not necessarily Bond-level actors.
Bond is known for romancing the ladies. Somehow and some way James Bond manages to charm Sanchez's girlfriend Lupe (Talisa Soto). I say 'somehow' because I can't think of a single moment where the two characters connected. No dialogue or scenes come to mind. It just was.
It's one thing to have the have a minor character give James Bond a "You're sexy" look but it's a whole different thing for a character to fall madly in love with him with absolutely no interaction. And the actual portrayed romance with Pam Bouvier (Carey Lowell) is just forced. Both actresses lack strong chemistry with Dalton. It happens in the movie because it supposed to happen and you don't actually believe that these two characters can connect during what will be the duration of the story.
The opening theme song "Licence to Kill" by Gladys Knight is catchy but it's just weak. It ranks right up there with "All Time High" by Rita Coolidge for Octopussy which is not a strong Bond song either.
Licence to Kill is a pretty weak Bond film. While strong on action, the story and execution does not feel like it belongs with James Bond. This is one of those ones you can skip if you so choose.
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Ahead of this year's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meeting with its theme, FAR's regional partners presented key advocacy points that reflect their grassroots work in relation to three thematic areas: economic and social rights; peace, safety and security; ending gender-based violence and defending women's sexual and reproductive health and rights; climate change, cultural, indigenous and land rights.
This document is based on the perspectives of FAR members that represent regional women's and social justice organizations around the world, with the goal of amplifying intersectional feminist analyses and agendas from the Global South in international advocacy spaces. Read FAR's policy highlights.


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On stage this spring: "Sweeney Todd" and "Oedipus Rex"
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Loomis and Wrobel show off the mechanical barber's chair for Sweeney Todd.
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Orlando Whitcomb-Worden (center) rehearses a scene from Sweeney Todd.
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Theatre students rehearse a scene from Sweeney Todd.
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Students rehearse on the set of Oedipus Rex in Harvey Theatre.
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Two students rehearse a scene from Oedipus of Rex.
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Dilara Naska rehearses in Dubash's traditional Noh mask.
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A scene from A Fire Just Waiting.
Each semester, Interlochen Arts Academy's talented theatre students present two professionally produced mainstage performances. This year, the students are starring in a Broadway hit and a Greek classic: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Oedipus Rex. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at what you can expect to see on stage in Spring 2018.
Longtime Instructor of Theatre David Montee, who will retire at the conclusion of the 2017-18 academic year, hand-picked the musical Sweeney Todd as his final show at Interlochen Arts Academy. "I've wanted to have a go at Sweeney for years, ever since it took my breath away in that original Broadway production years ago," Montee said. "When I knew I'd be retiring from Interlochen at the end of this year, I thought: 'Well, it's now or never.'"
"When I saw the original Broadway production of Sweeney Todd in 1980, it changed my entire perspective about musical theatre," Montee said. "Although I had worked in musical theatre productions, I had been primarily trained as a classical actor, especially in Shakespeare. When I experienced Sweeney Todd, it was a revelation; I realized that all of the emotional grandeur that Shakespearean verse achieved could—with the right book and score—be done just as stunningly in musical theatre. Stephen Sondheim's work was clearly going to be remembered with awe for decades, if not for centuries, to come."
Sondheim first discovered the tale of Sweeney Todd during a visit to a London theatre in 1973. The story had been a favorite in London's theatres since 1846, when the first chapters of the serial penny dreadful A String of Pearls appeared in The People's Periodical. The story achieved such instant popularity that it was adapted into a play before the final chapters had been published.
Sondheim, who had long been interested in Grand Guignol-style stories, was immediately entranced by the play and purchased copies of every published version of the story. He ultimately based his musical adaptation on Christopher Bond's 1973 play. Bond's adaptation was unique in that it was one of the first settings of Todd's tale to emphasize the main character's psychological distress. Sondheim's musical further highlights Todd's psychotic break, underscoring the development of Todd and Lovett's shared psychosis with two songs: the haunting "Epiphany" and the darkly comic "A Little Priest."
Sweeney Todd is a historically ambiguous musical: it can fit comfortably in any decade of the nineteenth century. Interlochen's designers decided to center their production in the 1840s.
The London of the 1840s was experiencing the tail end of the Industrial Revolution: pollution was high, wages were low and disease was rampant. As such, Montee and the designers are crafting a grimy and oppressive environment inspired by horror films and the film noir movement.
Lighting designer Brent Wrobel has selected a pea-green and steely blue color palette to capture the cold and noxious atmosphere of post-industrial London. The oppressive aura will be enhanced by machine-produced fog.
Elinore Loomis's set design also incorporates an industrial feel, with machinery and a furnace glow as key design elements. Like many Sweeney Todd designers before her, Loomis has opted for a central rotating unit. Loomis's unit, however, can also be moved up-and-downstage depending on the needs of each scene. The top of the unit features a lever-operated barber's chair that will launch Todd's victims through a trapdoor to their demise.
Risa Alecci's costume design is the classic Sweeney Todd garb with a few twists. Alecci's Anthony Hope is a hybrid of the romanticized British sailor and the historically accurate uniforms. Her Pirelli will combine the Victorian love of plaid patterns with garish red and orange hues that match the character's personality. For the beggar woman, Alecci will create a stylish dress—then intentionally soil and destroy it—to create the impression of a formerly wealthy woman who has fallen on hard times. All actors will wear more makeup for Sweeney Todd than for standard theatre performances: Alecci's design calls for pale skin, gaunt cheekbones and shadowed eyes.
This production of Sweeney Todd is more than the realization of a longtime dream for Montee; it's also a moving conclusion to his career as an educator. "What gives this process a bit more of a special spark for me is that the young actor who is playing the title role, Orlando Whitcomb-Worden, is the student of a former student of mine, Erin Galligan-Baldwin, who now teaches and directs theatre in Vermont," he said. "[Galligan-Baldwin] told me that she recommended that Orlando come and do post-graduate work here at Interlochen because of how powerful a force our program was in her own life, back in the early 1990's when theatre at the Academy was right on the verge of growing into what it has become today. It's another 'full circle' moment for me, and it makes the entire experience even more special."
While Montee stages a dark yet emotional Sweeney Todd, Gulshirin Dubash directs a one-of-a-kind Oedipus Rex. Dubash's Oedipus Rex incorporates many aspects of traditional Japanese Noh theatre while maintaining the integrity of the Greek text.
Noh theatre developed in Japan in the 14th century, and is one of the oldest theatre arts still performed today. A type of musical drama, Noh's key elements include masks, stylized walking, choreography and a traditional Japanese instrumental ensemble. Noh plays are often derived from the mythology and folklore of Japan.
"I thought about doing Oedipus Rex in the Noh style because Noh is very Greek in form," Dubash said. "The two felt like they went together."
Dubash began her Noh training with the Noh Training Project in 2002, and has studied the art for the past 16 years. She joined Theatre Nohgaku in 2008.
While not a true Noh production, Dubash's Oedipus Rex seeks to stay as close as possible to the Noh style. "I decided that if we are going to do it as a form, we need to make sure that we're going to adhere to a lot of the principles," she said.
Some such principles include suriashi and kata. All performers will utilize suriashi, Noh's characteristic sliding steps, in their movements around the stage. Dubash is also teaching some of the kata—a series of traditional Noh forms or choreography—to the students.
Another Noh element that will be utilized in Oedipus Rex is the mask. "It was really important to me that we use the Noh mask that I have, because nobody gets to see anything like this," Dubash said. "Noh masks are some of the most beautiful masks you will ever see. The young woman mask that we are using has one particular face—normal and more on the flat side as a carving goes, but it can change into two or three expressions depending on the lighting and movement."
Dilara Naska, who is cast as Jocasta, will perform in Dubash's rehearsal Noh mask. As the Noh mask makes speech difficult to impossible, Jocasta is actually double-cast: Fiona Reid plays the second Jocasta and provides a voice for the character.
The production will also incorporate an element common to both the Noh style and the classical Greek theatre: the chorus. In this production of Oedipus Rex, the chorus will be the most modern element. In contrast to the traditional, stationary Noh chorus, the chorus will move about the stage and utilize more experimental or abstract movements. The traditional Noh chant, called utai, will be blended with regular speech into a unique hybrid of styles. The chorus will be dressed in dance-like costumes to maintain the traditional Noh silhouette.
Noh influence is especially evident in the costume and set design for Oedipus Rex. Kyle Blasius is designing the sets, while Candy Hughes is designing the costumes.
Blasius's set design is very traditional and deeply grounded in Noh. The set dimensions will match the traditional Noh stage exactly. "It should feel like you're walking into a house that has a Noh stage," Blasius said. Noh's traditional corner pillars are also present in Blasius's design, although the two front pillars will be scaled down in height to facilitate sightlines in Harvey Theatre. Blasius is also paying close attention to detail: he's selected paint colors that evoke the cypress wood traditionally used in Noh theatres, and has added decorative corner pieces and other authentic Japanese architectural details.
Candy Hughes' costume designs, like Blasuis's sets, are deeply Noh-inspired, but also include a few modern touches. The main characters, including Oedipus, Creon and both Jocastas, wear very traditional costumes. Hughes is using authentic patterns to create kimono for the main characters and hakama—a type of loose-fitting pleated pants—for the chorus. Hughes will paint the hakama with intricate designs to add depth and style.
The play's secondary characters—messengers, guards and the shepherd—comprise a second chorus that Dubash calls the "dying chorus." Hughes has given the dying chorus a more modern look, blending contemporary clothing pieces with short kimonos made of modern materials. Each member of the dying chorus wears a base layer of charcoal leggings and a gray long-sleeved shirt. Over the base layer, each wears a short kimono that reflects their role in the play; the shepherd, for example, wears a vest made of wool-like fur while the messengers wear denim.
It's worth noting that these two mainstage productions are in solid company, as this semester's studio show, A Fire Just Waiting, recently performed in Phoenix Theatre. The play is a modern-day Joan of Arc story based on the music of Ani DiFranco. The work was devised by the cast in collaboration with Creatively Independent, a theatre education organization based in Austinville, Virginia. Creatively Independent co-founder Jess Pillmore began her residency with the Interlochen Theatre Department on Jan. 29 and spent her time working with students on the show. Photos from the production can be found on SmugMug.
Oedipus Rex will be performed on April 20 at 7:30 p.m. and April 21 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in Harvey Theatre. The matinee on April 21 will include a post-show talk with Dubash, the student performers and the designers. Tickets will go on sale on March 23.
Sweeney Todd will be performed on May 11 at 7:30 p.m. and May 12 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in Corson Auditorium.


If you have dogs, then you know how important it is to find a good dog shampoo. That's why I agreed to try and review "Miracle Coat Shampoo for Dogs." Jake will be the model for this review.
Jake is our rescue dog who lived most of his 14 years penned up in a cage outside. He was a neighbor's dog that lived down the road from us. Jake had never been allowed inside his owner's house. Jake spent day and night just sitting in his cage. He was allowed out to stretch his legs from time to time, but then had to return to his pen. Then one day in the spring, his owner died but he wasn't discovered until 7 or 8 days. Meanwhile, Jake was still out in his pen with no food and nothing but frozen water.
When we found out, we went right over there and claimed Jake. That was a year and a half ago. Jake has been forever grateful ever since and has attached himself to Jon, my better half. Now Jake's an indoor dog — his choice. He doesn't care to spend any time outside unless Jon is out there with him. Wherever Jon goes, Jake goes too. It's just the way it is.
So, in our quest to pamper Jake, we are always looking out for the best products for him. This includes shampoo. The Miracle Coat Shampoo comes in different "flavors," (see below) according to your dog's coat specifics. We chose the "Sensitive Skin" shampoo for Jake.
We picked a nice enough day to shampoo Jake outside. He's not particularly fond of baths, but will put up with it. Remember, wherever Jon goes, Jake goes too. Jon chose to use copious buckets of water outside instead of the shower inside because of all the dog hair that Jake seems to be forever shedding.
I've asked Jon to give me the pros and cons of the Miracle Coat Shampoo for Dogs (coconut scent) since he is the one doing the shampooing.
The coconut scent was amazing and could be smelled from Jake for quite a few days after. Very nice if you like coconut, and we do.
The bottle itself is easy to handle. It's a nice size and has an easy-pen flip-top.
It took quite a bit of shampoo in order to get the job done.
Really, what Jon means by that last statement is that the shampoo has a thick consistency. When Jon poured some on Jake, it took a little more water, then a little more shampoo, back and forth in order to get all of the hair covered. That doesn't make it a bad thing.
All in all, we are happy with Miracle Coat Shampoo for Dogs. We especially love what it did for Jake's coat.
Shampoos are formulated with ingredients specifically blended the enrich and enhance the natural qualities of individual breed coal types.
Visit the Miracle Care Pet website for more information. If you would like to buy this shampoo for your dog, you can specify the size and breed of your dog, and any allergies your dog might have.
Looks like he is one happy Camper. So cute and relaxed. He is not a little puppy, so I can see how it may have taken a bit of shampoo to get him all lathered up 🙂 Thanks for sharing.


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Nov. 26, 2018: TexNet CISR Update: Project Updates - July - September 2018 (PDF) Opens a New Window. (University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology).
Aug. 27, 2018: TexNet CISR Update: Project Updates - April - June 2018 (PDF) Opens a New Window. (University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology).
Feb. 19, 2018: TexNet CISR Update: Project Updates - November-December 2017 (PDF) Opens a New Window. (University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology).
Dec. 14, 2017: Railroad Commission still a nonbeliever on ties between North Texas earthquakes, injection disposal wells Opens a New Window. (Dallas Morning News).
Aug. 21, 2017: TexNet CISR Update: Project Updates - July 2017 (PDF) Opens a New Window. (University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology).
July 24, 2017: TexNet CISR Update: Project Updates - June 2017 (PDF) Opens a New Window. (University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology).
July 24, 2017: TexNet CISR Update: Project Updates - May 2017 (PDF) Opens a New Window. (University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology).
June 12, 2017: TexNet CISR Update: Project Updates - April 2017 (PDF) Opens a New Window. (University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology).
March 22, 2017: TexNet CISR Update: Project Updates - February 2017 (PDF) Opens a New Window. (University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology). Watch the video Opens a New Window. of the update provided to City Council at Work Session.
Feb. 28, 2017: TexNet CISR Update: Project Updates - January 2017 (PDF) Opens a New Window. (University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology). Watch the video Opens a New Window. introducing and explaining TexNet.
May 23, 2016: View the April 2016 Project Update (PDF) Opens a New Window. from the TexNet CISR.
March 28, 2016: The City of Irving has remained at the forefront of efforts to apply state resources and expertise to studying seismic issues in North Texas. Irving played a major role in convincing the state to fund equipment and a seismic study during the 2015 legislative session. That $4.5 million, appropriated to the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) at UT Austin, is being used to coordinate information already available, place new monitoring equipment in the field and hire staff who will conduct a study for presentation to the governor and the legislature this December.
In addition, Irving City Manager Chris Hillman was appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to the committee that will oversee the seismic study, ensuring timely communication with the study team and results for residents of Irving and North Texas.
What does the USGS Induced Seismicity Hazard Map mean to me?
In anticipation of questions, the USGS Opens a New Window. has released a list of Frequently Asked Questions. For scientific earthquake definitions visit the USGS glossary page Opens a New Window. .
Is there fracking in Irving?
No. Only two wells have been drilled in Irving. One was never completed to production status and the other was shut-in in 2010. "Shut-in" is an industry term which means to close the valves so a well stops producing.
Are there wastewater injection wells in Irving?
There never have been wastewater injection wells in Irving.
What can Irving residents do about induced earthquakes?
Red Cross Opens a New Window.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Opens a New Window.
FEMA/Homeland Security Opens a New Window.
USGS Opens a New Window.
For additional questions, email Jessica Fitzpatrick and copy Sue Perry.
Dec. 17, 2015: At the recent annual American Geophysical Union meeting, Southern Methodist University (SMU) scientists reported they believe the Dallas/Irving quakes have been triggered by human activity. They said they have not determined causation. The seismologists continue to study data from 11 seismometers located in Irving and Dallas.
There is no fracking in Irving, and there are no wastewater injection wells located here.
Oct. 7: The City of Irving continues to monitor the State of Texas' implementation of legislation requiring a study and report on seismic activity in our state.
During the most recent legislative session, Texas approved a $4.5 million allocation to the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) at the University of Texas at Austin to purchase equipment and produce a report on seismic activity by the end of 2016. The City of Irving's efforts during the legislative session to increase the state's efforts to monitor and report on seismic activity helped lead to the funding allocation. Irving officials continue to monitor the program's progress.
As of the end of September, the Bureau had issued requests for quotes to purchase equipment and was advertising to fill technical and management positions to operate TexNet – the permanent network of seismic monitors – and to produce a report. The Bureau plans to have a permanent network of monitors installed later this calendar year and also will purchase sets of portable equipment that can be moved around the state as needed to monitor seismic hot spots should they occur.
Additionally, city officials continue to communicate with Southern Methodist University (SMU) seismologists who deployed 12 seismometers in our area last January. The scientists have been studying data collected since then.
SMU has conducted most of the seismic monitoring done to date in Irving and North Texas, and the BEG's efforts would include using data SMU already has gathered, as well as including the SMU team in the broader study going forward.
Map: SMU preliminary earthquake catalog for the Irving/Dallas earthquake swarm from Jan. 1 to Oct. 16, 2015. Earthquake symbol size is scaled by local magnitude (magnitude 0.0 – 3.6) and color-coded by date of occurrence. Earthquakes with high location uncertainties have been removed. Seismographs currently recording earthquakes are shown as gray triangles. Note that additional seismographs are located outside of the map boundaries.
The map is provided as part of the ongoing collaboration between SMU and the cities of Dallas County through funding provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), SMU and City of Irving. Further information on the research collaboration can be found in the preliminary report on the earthquake sequence provided by SMU and the USGS to the mayors of Dallas and Irving in January 2015.
The SMU preliminary earthquake catalog has not been published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature and is subject to change; because the locations have not yet been approved for publication by the USGS, it does not represent any official USGS finding or policy.
July 22 - Initial results from SMU's seismology team reveal that the recent series of earthquakes occurring near the site of the old Texas Stadium were relatively shallow and concentrated along a narrow two mile line that indicates a fault extending from Irving into West Dallas.
SMU and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) recently shared an interim report with the mayors of Dallas and Irving spelling out preliminary information gleaned after SMU's installation in January of more than 20 portable earthquake monitors around the earthquake sites.
The USGS initially mapped the earthquake locations as being spread out in a roughly circular area centered on the former stadium site, developing those locations from data collected by distant seismic monitors ranging from the closest at about 40 miles away to as far as 900 miles away. But once SMU installed more than 20 monitors in the immediate area – supplied by the USGS and the academic consortium IRIS – the enhanced data they were able to retrieve shows the January 2015 earthquakes actually have occurred along a line from Irving to West Dallas, running north-by-northeast from TX Highway 114 to Walnut Hill Road along the Trinity River.
Signing the report were Heather DeShon, SMU associate professor of geophysics; Brian Stump, SMU Albritton Chair of Geological Sciences; Chris Hayward, senior scientist and director of SMU's Geophysics Research Program; Beatrice Magnani, SMU associate professor of geophysics; Matthew Hornbach, SMU associate professor of geophysics; and Robert Williams and Michael Blanpied of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program.


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Туле Таскентбайулы Кенжебаев, в Указе о награждении — Кинжабаев Туле (1902—1988) — красноармеец Рабоче-крестьянской Красной Армии, участник Великой Отечественной войны, Герой Советского Союза (1944).

Биография
Туле Кенжебаев родился 1 января 1902 года в селе Зайцевском (ныне — Шелек Енбекшиказахского района Алматинской области Казахстана). Работал сначала батраком, затем на кожевенном заводе, а позднее устроился на работу чабаном в колхоз. В марте 1942 года Кенжебаев был призван на службу в Рабоче-крестьянскую Красную Армию. С сентября 1943 года — на фронтах Великой Отечественной войны, был сабельником 1-го эскадрона 60-го гвардейского кавалерийского полка 16-й гвардейской кавалерийской дивизии 7-го гвардейского кавалерийского корпуса 61-й армии Центрального фронта. Отличился во время битвы за Днепр.

27 сентября 1943 года Кенжебаев одним из первых в эскадроне переправился через Днепр в районе деревни Нивки Брагинского района Гомельской области Белорусской ССР. Ночью того же дня позиции советских войск на плацдарме была атакована скрытно подобравшимися немецкими войсками. Кенжебаев, находясь в секрете, обнаружил крупную группу немецких пехотинцев, которые выходили его эскадрону во фланг. Кенжебаев бросил в них гранату, а затем бросился в рукопашную схватку, уничтожив троих солдат и взяв в плен офицера. Оставшиеся в живых немецкие солдаты бежали. Всего же в боях на плацдарме Кенжебаев уничтожил несколько десятков вражеских солдат и офицеров.

Указом Президиума Верховного Совета СССР «О присвоении звания Героя Советского Союза генералам, офицерскому, сержантскому и рядовому составу Красной Армии» от 15 января 1944 года за «образцовое выполнение боевых заданий командования на фронте борьбы с немецкими захватчиками и проявленными при этом отвагу и геройство» гвардии сержант Туле Кенжебаев был удостоен высокого звания Героя Советского Союза с вручением ордена Ленина и медали «Золотая Звезда» за номером 8077.

После окончания войны Кенжебаев был демобилизован. Вернулся на родину, продолжил работать в колхозе. Умер 18 октября 1988 года.

Награды
 Медаль «Золотая Звезда» Героя Советского Союза (15.01.1944).
 Орден Ленина (15.01.1944).
 Орден Красного Знамени (19.11.1943).
 орденом Отечественной войны 1-й степени.
 Медали.

Память
В честь Кенжебаева названа школа на его родине.

Примечания

Литература

 Ахмадиев Т. Х. Башкирская гвардейская кавалерийская. — Уфа, 1999.

 Слава башкирских конников. — Уфа: Китап, 2005.

Участники битвы за Днепр


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from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import print_function

import logging

from apiclient import discovery
from dashboard.common import utils

def GetRBECASService():
  """Get a cached SheriffConfigClient instance.
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  """
  # pylint: disable=protected-access
  if not hasattr(GetRBECASService, '_client'):
    GetRBECASService._client = RBECASService()
  return GetRBECASService._client

# TODO(https://crbug.com/1262292): Update after Python2 trybots retire.
# pylint: disable=useless-object-inheritance
class RBECASService(object):

  def __init__(self):
    """Initializes an object for retrieving files and directories from RBE-CAS.

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  # Digest generated by proto is different from RBE-CAS API.
  # Normalize the digest to what RBE-CAS API accepted.
  @staticmethod
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      raise ValueError('Invalid digest for RBE-CAS')
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        'hash': digest['hash'],
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            sizeBytes=digest['sizeBytes'],
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                http=utils.ServiceAccountHttp(scope=utils.CLOUD_SCOPE))
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        exc = e
        continue
    raise exc

  def BatchRead(self, cas_instance, digests):
    for i in range(3):
      try:
        return self._service.blobs().batchRead(
            instanceName=cas_instance,
            body={
                'digests': [self._NormalizeDigest(d) for d in digests],
            },
        ).execute(http=utils.ServiceAccountHttp(scope=utils.CLOUD_SCOPE))
      except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
        logging.debug('BatchRead iteration %s raised %s', i, str(e))
        exc = e
        continue
    raise exc


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Q: end if statement Hi I have a simple question. How can I break the if statement?
for example
if [condition]
 then  **Iwant to to end here**
else
fi

I don't know what to use because break doesn't work.
Please help. Thank you.

A: You need spaces around the command name [ and before its last argument ].
You can invert the condition if you have a ! operator (as in bash):
if ! [ condition ]
then : contents of original else clause
fi

Or:
if [ ! condition ]
then : contents of original else clause
fi

Or you can write the inverse of the condition:
if [ inverse-condition ]
then : contents of original else clause
fi

Or you can do nothing in the then clause:
if [ condition ]
then : Do nothing
else : contents of original else clause
fi

A: You are taking it wrong. If statement will only executed when condition meets and if doesn't meet, it will not get execute anything. But if you mean to jump somewhere else, you can use GOTO
like
goto TEST
TEST:

A: yes, break will only work inside a loop construct, either while ... do ; ... done or for ... ; do ... done
If you're code is inside a function, you can use return to leave the function from any place, including inside an if .. ; then ... fi construct.
OR if you're not in a function, then you'll have to use exit.
Assuming you're using bash|ksh|zsh there is no goto :label. That would be one of the few reasons to use the [t]csh family.
IHTH


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«Nightlife» (англ. Нічне життя) — сьомий студійний альбом британського поп-гурту Pet Shop Boys. За словами  Ніла Теннанта, "вночі до людей приходять особливо похмурі почуття, тому альбом витриманий в похмурому, темному стилі ". У Великій Британії альбом зайняв 7-е місце.

Список пісень
 «For Your Own Good» — 5:12
 «Closer To Heaven» — 4:07
 «I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Anymore» — 5:09
 «Happiness Is An Option» — 3:48
 «You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk» — 3:12
 «Vampires» — 4:43
 «Radiophonic» — 3:32
 «The Only One» — 4:21
 «Boy Strange» — 5:10
 «In Denial» (с Кайлі Міноуг) — 3:20
 «New York City Boy» — 5:16
 «Footsteps» — 4:24

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Музичні альбоми 1999
Альбоми Pet Shop Boys
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Mike Holober
The Gotham Jazz Orchestra
2020 GRAMMY NOMINEE
Release Date: Aug. 9, 2019
1. JUMBLE 13:50
2. Movt. 1: TEAR OF THE CLOUDS 14:07
3. Movt. 2: OPALESCENCE 11:02
4. Movt. 3: INTERLUDE 1:49
5. Movt. 4: HARLEM 14:41
1. Movt. 1: PRELUDE 3:04
2. Movt. 2: COMPELLED 10:14
3. Movt. 3: FOUR HAIKU 2:17
5. Movt. 5: IT WAS JUST THE WIND 18:30
6. CAMINHOS CRUZADOS 7:48
7. CAMINHOS CRUZADOS [Radio Edit] 6:29
All compositions by Mike Holober
except "Caminhos Cruzados" by Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Recorded: Dec 17 -20, 2017
at Oktaven Studios, Mt Vernon, NY.
Produced by: Kabir Sehgal and Mike Holober.
Recording engineer: James Farber.
Assistant recording engineer: Ryan Streber.
Mixed by: Brian Montgomery, Mike Holober, and Chris Zuar.
Mastering by: Mark Wilder, Battery Studios, New York, N.Y. on Feb 21, 2019.
Associate producer and assistant conductor: Chris Zuar.
Assistant session producer: Migiwa Miyajima.
Production assistant: Yuto Mitomi.
Mike Holober photo by: Melanie Futorian.
Cover photo by: Bibek Singh.
Art direction and package design: Jack Frisch.
Executive Producer: Joachim "Jochen" Becker.
Publishing: Connect the Dots Music, BMI, all tracks except Caminhos Cruzados: Corcovado Music Corp.
Special thanks from Mike Holober to the following commissioning organizations and sponsors: Philadelphia Museum of Art, funded by the Pew Foundation (Hiding Out); Westchester Jazz Orchestra, funded by New York State Council on the Arts - Individual Artist Grant (Flow); The U.S. Army Jazz Knights (Jumble); Westchester Jazz Orchestra (Caminhos Cruzados); MacDowell Colony and The Ucross Foundation.
Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra:
Mike Holober - all tracks, Conductor, Leader, Piano/Fender Rhodes
Saxophone/Woodwinds
Billy Drewes - alto, soprano, flute on Flow
Jon Gordon - alto, soprano on Hiding Out, Jumble
Dave Pietro - alto, soprano, flute, piccolo on Hiding Out, Jumble, Caminhos Cruzados
Ben Kono - alto, soprano, flute, clarinet, piccolo, penny whistle on Flow, Caminhos Cruzados
Adam Kolker - tenor, flute, alto flute, clarinet – all tracks
Jason Rigby - tenor, flute, clarinet on Flow
Charles Pillow - tenor, flute, clarinet, alto flute on Hiding Out, Jumble
Steve Kenyon - baritone, bass clarinet on Hiding Out, Jumble
Carl Maraghi - baritone, bass clarinet on Flow, Caminhos Cruzados
Trumpet/Flugelhorn
Tony Kadleck - all tracks
Liesl Whitaker - all tracks
Scott Wendholt - all tracks
James de LaGarza - on Tear of the Clouds, Harlem, Jumble
Marvin Stamm - on Hiding Out, Opalescence, Caminhos Cruzados
Tim Albright - all tracks
Mark Patterson - on Flow, Jumble, Caminhos Cruzados
Alan Ferber - on Flow, Jumble, Caminhos Cruzados
Bruce Eidem - on Hiding Out
Pete McGuinness - on Flow
Nathan Durham - bass trombone on all tracks
Steve Cardenas - on Hiding Out
Jesse Lewis - on Jumble, Caminhos Cruzados
Jay Azzolina - on Flow
John Hebert - all tracks
Drums/ Percussion
Mark Ferber - on Hiding Out, Caminhos Cruzados
Jared Schonig - on Flow, Jumble
Rogerio Boccato - on Hiding Out, Jumble, Caminhos Cruzados
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For those in the know, jazz masters and aficionados, there isn't any mystery about maestro Mike Holober who is one of the most acclaimed and distinguished composers, arrangers, and bandleaders of our era. He has enjoyed a long and successful career, in which he has served as the artistic director of the Gotham Jazz Orchestra and Westchester Jazz Orchestra; guest conductor of the HR Big Band and WDR Big Band in Germany; and Associate Director of the BMI Jazz Composer's Workshop, where he taught with Director Jim McNeely from 2007-2015. The brainchild of founding directors Bob Brookmeyer and Manny Albam, The BMI Jazz Composers Workshop is widely considered the "finishing school" for jazz orchestra writers, and today's jazz scene is heavily populated by composers who have honed their craft under Holober's tutelage.
As arranger/conductor, Holober has written concert projects for a wide variety of artists ranging from Miguel Zenon, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Avishai Cohen, and Eli Degibri – representing the highest standard for a younger generation – to elder jazz masters such as Dr. Lonnie Smith and Al Foster. Over the course of his career he has written and conducted for a veritable Who's Who of jazz all-stars, including John Patitucci, Paquito D'Rivera, John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Randy Brecker, and many others. In addition, he has been awarded the prestigious Chamber Music America New Jazz Works Grant and serves as a full professor at the City College of New York, where he was also named the inaugural Stewart Z. Katz Professor of Humanities and the Arts in 2018.
There is no doubt that Holober is one of the most recognized jazz masters of our time. But in another sense, he has made a career of collaborations, playing piano as a sideman on over seventy records, and composing features for other talented artists. Meanwhile, jazz fans have been yearning for him to create a new seminal opus, something that showcases maestro Holober on his terms, without compunction, and very much as the leader of his musical enterprise.
This double-disc album Hiding Out is an adventurous, risk-taking, thoroughly well-crafted production that showcases the obvious, comprehensive, and conspicuous virtuosity of Holober's superlative skills as a composer and arranger. Joining him on his musical journey is the acclaimed, New York based Gotham Jazz Orchestra with star soloists Billy Drewes, Jon Gordon, Jason Rigby, and Adam Kolker (saxes), Marvin Stamm, Scott Wendholt (trumpets), Steve Cardenas and Jesse Lewis (guitar). Holober himself is featured on the piano and Fender Rhodes throughout this sonic adventure.
The album begins with Jumble, commissioned by the US Army Jazz Nights in 2008, and is named for an isolated lake in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, the juxtaposition of which presents breathtaking scenery. The contrast between rock and water is evoked by the musical combination of 1970s fusion and Brazilian maracatu. This tantalizing opener is indicative of the sonic soundscape that will unfold, with two large scale and mesmerizing suites.
The suite Flow was commissioned by the Westchester Jazz Orchestra, which Holober led from 2007 to 2013. It was partly funded with a NYSCA (NY State Council of the Arts) grant, and Holober wrote it while in residency at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, where he has been a guest five times. It's the same setting in which the iconic American classical composer Aaron Copland wrote "Appalachian Spring." The comparison is fitting, given that nature often serves as Holober's muse, drawing inspiration from the world around him. In this case, it was the Hudson River that sparked Holober's creative output.
Tear of the Clouds begins with the drip-drop of percussion, muted horns, and swirling reeds that creates an undulating effect, enveloping the listener in an eddy of polyrhythms and polytonalities. The constant evolution of sound throughout this movement and into the next, Opalescence, with its opening, triumphant trumpet makes sure that the listener never drifts away. The through-composed sections are rendered with deft touch and incandescent color. The constellations of sounds can be heard in full on Harlem, which is where the Hudson River terminates in Manhattan, before joining the saltier waters of the Atlantic. Holober wrote this suite so that each piece was similar to a tone poem, similar to Claude Debussy's Jeux - Poème Dansé. Indeed, this movement fuses concert music with the improvisation and swing of jazz, hewing close to the blues tradition found in many traditional works. That Holober is able to conjure from such a vast array of musical and rhythmic devices is reason enough to celebrate him not just as a composer, but as a deeply conceptual thinker as well.
The title suite Hiding Out was commissioned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art (funded by the Pew Foundation), and Holober wrote the five movements while in Wyoming, inspired by the natural beauty of this western setting. Prelude begins with clarion woodwinds, met with building brass and well-placed percussion. It is very much curtain-up on what's to come: searching piano in Compelled; lush harmonies on Four Haiku; evocative brightness of Interlude; and the full adventure of "It Was Just the Wind." Taken together, this suite is a hallmark of the album – vintage Holober who blends groove with grit, melodies with meticulousness.
Carminhos Cruzados, composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, was arranged as a feature for trumpeter Marvin Stamm, and his lyrical, soulful melodies are stirring and elegant meditations. Commissioned by the Westchester Jazz Orchestra, Holober's re-working of this rarely-heard tune reveals him as someone who imbues music with emotional affect that speaks to the mind and settles upon the heart. Holober composes with the full intent of invoking elements around him, and awakening curiosity and wonder on the part of his audiences.
Indeed, it has been a privilege to produce this album for maestro Holober. Hiding Out is unquestionably Holober's much anticipated return to full feature big band writing, and we can only hope that he will continue to be in our sights and sounds, for the years to come.
New York Times bestselling author and multi-GRAMMY & Latin GRAMMY Award winning producer


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St Paul's offers the following 5 Department of Education and Skills courses
Junior Cycle – Junior Certificate
The Junior Cycle is a three year programme leading to the Junior Certificate, the State examination taken at the end of the third year. Subjects are normally studied at either Ordinary or Higher Level, although three subjects, Irish, English and Mathematics, can also be studied at Foundation Level. In St Paul's non-examination subjects at Junior Cycle include Physical Education, Social, Personal and Health Education and Computer Studies. September 2014 sees the introduction of the new Junior Cycle with subjects being introduced on a phased basis beginning with English.
Junior Cycle – Junior Certificate School Programme (JCSP)
The JCSP is essentially an add-on to the Junior Certificate. The content of each subject is broken down into subject statements. On completion of a section or chapter of a subject, students, under the guidance of their class teacher, record their own proficiency in that section or chapter. At the end of 3 years students have a record of learning that will give them confidence and assist them in the Junior Certificate exams. The programme offers schools and teachers a flexible and more student centered approach to teaching and learning.
Senior Cycle – Leaving Certificate
The Senior Cycle education in St Paul's may be of two or of three year's duration depending on whether students take an optional Transition Year in the first year of Senior Cycle. Subjects are normally studied at either Ordinary or Higher Level, although two subjects, Irish and Mathematics, can also be studied at Foundation Level. The majority of students at St Paul's take 7 subjects to the Leaving Certificate (State examination).
Senior Cycle – Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP)
At St Paul's all students that satisfy the course requirements participate in this programme. The LCVP is a Senior Cycle Programme of the Department of Education and Skills, designed to give a strong vocational dimension to the Leaving Certificate. The programme combines the virtues of academic study with a new and dynamic focus on self-directed learning, enterprise, work and the community. Young people taking the LCVP have a unique opportunity to develop their interpersonal, vocational and technological skills. Students following the LCVP take two additional Link Modules: Preparation for the World of Work and Enterprise Education.
Senior Cycle – Transition Year (TY)
Transition Year is an optional one year programme that is taken the year after the Junior Certificate. The content of St Paul's TY programme is dynamic, changing continually to suit the student's needs. TY students get an opportunity to sample the subjects available at Senior Cycle along with many other innovative and challenging subjects and courses. St Paul's students engage in personal development, work experience, volunteering, music and the arts amongst others.


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The Third annual meeting of the international network for Ukraine in European Union "Yalta European Strategy" (YES)
The Third annual meeting of the international network for Ukraine in EU "Yalta European Strategy" opened on 13 July in a conference hall of the Kiev Premier Palace Hotel, hosting a record-breaking number of influential figures of Ukrainian, European and U.S. political elite.
Among the guests and participants of this meeting, there were above 150 policy-makers, public figures and diplomats from Europe and USA, including members of parliaments and EU foreign ministers, heads of EU diplomatic missions in Ukraine, deputies of European Parliament. Policy-makers and officials represented Great Britain, France, Germany, Poland, Ireland, Slovenia, Romania and Croatia.
The well-known politicians from Europe and Ukraine became participants of the YES meeting, among them: Ivo Sander, prime-minister of Croatia; Alexander Kwasniewski, ex-President of Poland; Carlos Pascual, former U.S. Ambassador in Ukraine; Strobe Talbott, former US State Secretary, president of the Brookings University; Boris Nemtsov, member of the political council of Russia's Right Alliance. From Ukrainian party, the reps of all the leading political forces and institutes took part in the opening of the YES annual meeting, namely: Oleg Rybachuk, chief of the Presidential administration; Yury Yekhanurov, acting Prime Minister, Member of Parliament (Our Ukraine bloc); Aleksander Moroz, one of the leaders of anti-crisis coalition, speaker of the Parliament, and leader of the Socialist party. Yulia Timoshenko bloc was represented by the Member of Parliament Dmitry Vydrin.
YES board member Stephen Byers, Member of Parliament (UK) opened the meeting. President of the European Commission Jose Barroso delivered a video speech to the YES meeting participants where he specified the following: "The EU firmly supports Ukraine in its reform efforts. Much work remains ahead of us. The Action Plan is guiding us in our tasks. Here are some objectives in our common agenda: strengthening the rule of law and reforming the judiciary; fighting against corruption and improving the business climate; achieving the WTP accession; finalizing the negotiations for the readmission and visa facilitation agreements; the transforming the Memorandum of Understanding on energy cooperation into concrete action.
President of the European commission underlined that Ukraine's steady successes facilitate strengthening and deepening of its relations with the European Union. "I look forward to 2007, - Jose Barroso said, - and the start of negotiations for an enhanced agreement to replace the current Partnership and Cooperation Agreement. That agreement must base on our common European values, must be innovative and comprehensive".
The speeches of Ukrainian policy-makers at the solemn ceremony of the opening of the YES Third annual meeting showed that the need for Ukraine's integration was shared by all political forces of the country.
President of Ukraine Victor Yuschenko, in his address to the meeting, noted: "Ukraine in no circumstances will change its strategic European choice, which is literally is a core of the country's advance. Our Euro integration course is irreversible, and this is admitted by all responsible political forces of Ukraine". Victor Yuschenko specified as well that Ukraine needs new ideas and innovative approaches for the efficient implementation of the European integration strategy. The President expressed his hope that the meeting would become a generator of new initiatives that would be useful for the European community.
In opinion of Ukrainian and international analysts, the high representative level clearly demonstrated not merely Europe's objective interest in Ukraine and in issues related to Ukraine's European integration, but also the real achievements of YES as the most powerful public initiation of nowadays. Stephen Byers, specifically, stressed that those initiatives supported and advanced Ukraine's timely entry to EU through an effective and constructive dialogue on the integration-related issues which are organized in Ukraine and in the European Union.
Alexander Moroz in his speech emphasized that such representative level of the meeting means trust to the country. He also said, 'We will prove that this trust and this interest to our country are not accidental'.
Victor Pinchuk, founder and member of YES Board, specified that aspirations of Ukraine could give more than the very membership of Ukraine in the EU. Specifically, he said:" I consider that Ukraine's rapprochement to the European Union is an inspiring political project that could unite the Ukrainian society and inspire our leaders for modernization of our country along these lines. The EU membership perspectives present a mighty driving power which will stimulate our political elites that confront the painful, still needed reforms.
"Yalta European Strategy" (YES) is an independent international organization which brings together high-level participants in Ukraine and internationally: policy-makers, business leaders, thinkers, researchers and journalists with the view of facilitation of Ukraine and EU rapprochement.
The wording of speeches and news could be found on the site: www.yes-ukraine.org.


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West Resigns from Harvard Citing 'Superficial Diversity'
Race-mongering intellectual fraud Cornel West announced Monday that he is resigning from Harvard University's Divinity School, which he says is in a state of "decline and decay," adding that he had been working in "the shadow of Jim Crow," which "was cast in its new glittering form expressed in the language of superficial diversity."
"How sad it is to see our beloved Harvard Divinity School in such decline and decay," West wrote in his resignation letter. "The disarray of a scattered curriculum, the disenchantment of talented yet deferential faculty, and the disorientation of precious students loom large."
The professor added that when he took an untenured position four years ago, "with a salary less than what I received 15 years earlier," after being a professor at Harvard and Princeton, he hoped that he could still end his career "with some semblance of intellectual intensity and personal respect."
"How wrong I was! With a few glorious and glaring exceptions, the shadow of Jim Crow was cast in its new glittering form expressed in the language of superficial diversity," West lamented.
Among his allegations of racist discrimination were that he had been given "the lowest increase possible" to his salary every year, that the university rejected his tenure review over his support for Palestine, and that he had only received two replies to the announcement of his mother's death in a newsletter.
West offered no actual evidence that any of this brutal oppression stemmed from systemic racism at Harvard or the lingering effects of Jim Crow laws.


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The Thursday Thesis - 30/08/2018
When I was in my twenties, I had a great idea for a business – buy a house to rent out, then use the profit from that to build a deposit to buy a second house, then rinse and repeat forever.
But - being just a naive young cub in the world of bears – I doubted my idea and asked around for help and advice. I asked the people I loved - people who had no business experience - about my great idea and they advised me to not even try; hang on to your pennies and save, save, save.
I understood that they wanted to protect me from the risk of failure: they loved me, after all. They didn't want to see me balls things up.
Their advice wasn't the advice of an expert in business – they were experts on working in jobs they hated and earning just enough to get by on.
Great choice of mentor, right?
I listened to them anyway and began to doubt myself...
Pretty soon I began to assume I'd missed something in my research, because it looked great on paper. I hesitated, and years rolled past as I watched other people pursuing similar ideas and making a boatload of money as the property market boomed.
Back then the problem wasn't the idea: the problem was me.
So it goes...
A couple of years ago I was looking at how I lived my life and what I want to do over the next few years – it's something I've learnt to do every month, because I'm a loose cannon unless I keep an eye on myself.
Everything was running smoothly, I was very busy with guitar students, my book-writing was progressing and the second draft of The 9 Weird Things That Guitarists Do... was done. That left just enough time to record a demo of a new song and write some uplifting lyrics.
But there were a couple of things on my Do List that I hadn't ventured out on, despite writing them down every month.
One of the uncompleted items on my list was starting out in the proprty business. But it was a stubborn non-mover, and I began to re-think why I wanted to get into that business at all.
Adventure: that was the call I realised I was answering with the new business start-up.
It turns out that business is like life: an adventure, a game, a dance with circumstances and the other dancers in the market.
How do you think I feel about having adventures?
Terrified, of course: but by recognising that starting that business was an adventure, rather than a life-and-death struggle. I felt better than thinking of it as me "entering the lions' den" and it was way easier to actually take the first step in the new business and imagining myself hacking through a jungle to claim the treasure was a nice image - turns out a machete looks good on me.
Skip forward to today and I've been in that new business for a couple of years. It's been challenging, rewarding, frustrating, revealing and tiring.
But most of all it has been an adventure.
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The Thursday Thesis is a fun way to share ideas and experiences from life as a Guitar Teacher, Certified NLP Practitioner and Life-Coach, Retailer, Composer, Player, Technician, Accountant, Scientist and Writer... and as the father of a wonderful son.
I'm Neil Cowmeadow, the Guitar Teacher and Guitar Technician, based near Telford, Shropshire.
My aim is to share some of the discoveries and cool stuff that took me a lifetime to learn - so you don't have to replicate the effort.
Along the way, I'm also going to debunk the mountains of nonsense and pretentious claptrap that put people off playing music, writing songs, and having more fun in their lives.
Along the way, some of these posts might challenge your assumptions and ideas.
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The ripples you'll create will spread outwards...
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