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By Jason Song and Jason Felch
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called on legislators Thursday to adopt sweeping education reforms that would dramatically reshape California's public education system and qualify the state for competitive federal school funding.
The governor's proposed legislation, to be considered during a special session that ends by Oct. 5, was met almost immediately by criticism from the powerful state teacher unions, which called Schwarzenegger's plans rushed and unnecessary.
While Schwarzenegger's goal is to boost California's chances to qualify for $4.35 billion in federal grants, known as "Race to the Top," many of his proposals go far beyond those needed for eligibility, and embrace the Obama administration's key education reform proposals.
Schwarzenegger's reforms include:
* Adopting a merit pay system that would reward effective teachers and give them incentives to work at low-performing campuses;
* Abolishing the current cap on the number of charter schools that can open every year;
* Forcing school districts to shut down or reconstitute the lowest-performing schools or turn them over to charter schools' independent management;
* Allowing students at low-performing campuses to transfer to a school of their choosing;
* Requiring school districts to consider student test data when evaluating teachers, something the federal government believes is prohibited under state law.
In recent months, the Obama administration has repeatedly criticized California for failing to take the lead on reform efforts, and has singled out for scorn the state's ban on linking test scores to teachers' performance. Federal officials have said that California would be ineligible for funding if that law wasn't changed.
But in an interview Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan praised Schwarzenegger's moves as "courageous" and said they could transform the state into a national model for reform.
"This is a very significant step that absolutely has national implications," Duncan said. "The eyes of the country are going to be on California."
Several other states, including Illinois and Indiana, have changed their laws or policies to comply with federal guidelines, but Schwarzenegger's proposal "goes way beyond what other states are doing," said Baron Rodriguez of the Data Quality Center, which tracks national educational data.
The regular legislative session is scheduled to end Sept. 11, and Schwarzenegger said he wanted lawmakers to finish their work on education by early October to comply with the deadline for the first round of Race to the Top funding this winter.
But lawmakers probably will face heavy resistance from the state's teacher unions, which criticized Schwarzenegger's proposal for caving to federal demands.
At the heart of the proposal is an effort to require districts that want a piece of the federal funding to begin evaluating California teachers and schools not just by their students' achievement of a specific goal, but by their individual improvement year to year. That approach, referred to as "value-added" analysis, measures students against themselves to evaluate the effect a teacher or school has on growth.
"It's not a hammer or a gotcha," said Jim Lanich, director of the California State University's Center to Close the Achievement Gap, who cautioned that other factors besides scores should also be used in evaluation. "It tells us what is working and how we can replicate that."
But teacher unions have resisted the use of student performance for evaluation, and successfully asked for it to be banned at the state level in 2006 legislation. They are expected to fight Schwarzenegger's efforts to undo that ban, a key demand of the Obama administration.
'Intense debate'
The state, said Marty Hittelman, president of the 100,000-member California Federation of Teachers, should not mandate how local districts use student data.
And Dean Vogel, vice president of the 340,000-member California Teachers Assn., the state's largest, said the proposals weren't well thought out.
"If you're really serious about reform, it demands intense debate among the stakeholders," he said. "The way it's unfolding is rushed."
Some of the proposals would have little more than symbolic effect, educators and others said. State officials said local districts always have had the authority to evaluate teachers based on student performance, although few do.
And although the state puts a cap on new charter campuses each year under current law, it is unlikely that charters would reach that limit, which is now at 1,350.
Hittelman called the proposals a "knee-jerk reaction" and cited a recent study that showed, as a whole, charter schools do not perform better than regular campuses. Charter schools are independently run but publicly funded.
Schwarzenegger is "relying on ideas that haven't been proven to work and force them on everyone," Hittelman said.
Other proposals will force the state's Democratic lawmakers to confront the unions, among their most ardent supporters.
Historically, the state has blocked important education reform efforts, said Joe Williams of Democrats for Education Reform, a New York-based political action committee. But there have never been so many federal dollars at stake.
"Saying no to this proposal means saying no to a big chunk of money," Williams said. "California is going to be the grand-daddy of fights."
jason.song@latimes.com
jason.felch@latimes.com
Jason Song
Jason Song covered higher education with an emphasis on community colleges and online learning. He was part of the Los Angeles Times team that won the Scripps Howard Award for Public Service in 2011 and the Philip Meyer Award from the Investigative Reporters and Editors organization. He left The Times in 2016.


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Stanley Clarke – Let Me Know You
*Condition(커버 / 음반) : B(EX+) / A(NM)
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Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Europe
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Funk
A1	Straight To The Top	4:02
A2	Let Me Know You (Instrumental)	4:38
A3	You Are The One For Me	4:49
A4	I Just Want To Be Your Brother	3:13
B1	The Force Of Love	5:48
B2	Play The Bass	1:14
B3	Secret To My Heart	5:05
B4	New York City	5:44
Arranged By – Stanley Clarke (tracks: A1, A3 to B2)
Arranged By [Brass, Strings] – Stanley Clarke (tracks: B1)
Arranged By [Brass] – George Del Barrio (tracks: A3, B4)
Arranged By [Rhythm] – Denzil "Broadway" Miller* (tracks: B4), Stanley Clarke (tracks: B4)
Backing Vocals [Additional] – Darlene Love (tracks: A3, B1, B4), David Lasley (tracks: A3, B1, B4), Marcy Levy (tracks: A3, B1, B4)
Bass – Stanley Clarke (tracks: A1, A3, B1 to B4)
Bass [Electric Bass Solo] – Stanley Clarke (tracks: B3)
Bass [Electric Bass] – Stanley Clarke (tracks: A2, A4)
Bass [Piccolo Bass] – Stanley Clarke (tracks: A1, B1, B3, B4)
Bass [Solo] – Stanley Clarke (tracks: A4)
Bass [Tenor Bass] – Stanley Clarke (tracks: A2)
Cello – Armand Kaproff (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Douglas L. Davis* (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Earl S. Madison* (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Paula Hochhalter (tracks: A2, A3, B4)
Conductor [Brass] – Eduardo Del Barrio (tracks: A3, B1, B4)
Conductor [Strings], Arranged By [Strings] – George Del Barrio (tracks: A2, A3, B4)
Drums – Gordon Peeke (tracks: A1), Leon "Ndugu" Chancler* (tracks: B1 to B3), Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: A1), Rick Schlosser* (tracks: A2, A4), Roger Lynn* (tracks: A1), Steve Ferrone (tracks: A3, B4)
Effects [Additional Vocal Effects] – Steven Lederman (tracks: B4)
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Denzil "Broadway" Miller* (tracks: A3), Greg Phillinganes (tracks: A2, A4), Todd Cochran (tracks: B3)
Engineer – Eric Zobler*
Engineer [Assistant, Mixing] – Danny Kopelson, Wally Buck
Engineer [Assistant, Recording] – Judy Clapp, Nya Lark*, Sabrina Buchenak*
Guitar – Michael Sembello (tracks: A2, A4, B1), Stanley Clarke (tracks: A1, A3, B3, B4)
Guitar [Solo] – Carlos Santana (tracks: A1, A4)
Harp – Dorothy Remsen (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4)
Lyrics By – June Christopher (tracks: A3)
Mastered By – George Horn
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: A2, A3, B2 to B4), Steve Forman (tracks: A4)
Photography By [Cover] – Randee St. Nicholas
Photography By [Inner Sleeve Photo] – Bob Seidemann
Piano [Acoustic] – Denzil "Broadway" Miller* (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B4)
Producer – Stanley Clarke
Sitar – Stanley Clarke (tracks: A3)
Synthesizer [Mini-moog] – Denzil "Broadway" Miller* (tracks: B4), Greg Phillinganes (tracks: B3)
Synthesizer [Moog] – Denzil "Broadway" Miller* (tracks: A4)
Synthesizer [Roland Bass] – Stanley Clarke (tracks: B4)
Trombone – Charles C. Loper* (tracks: A3, B1, B4), Dick Hyde (tracks: A3, B1, B4), G. Bohanon* (tracks: A3, B1, B4), Lew McCreary (tracks: A3, B1, B4)
Trumpet – Charles B. Findley* (tracks: A3, B1, B4), Gary E. Grant* (tracks: A3, B1, B4), Jerry Hey (tracks: A3, B1, B4), Larry G. Hall* (tracks: A3, B1, B4)
Viola – Allan Harshman (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Janet Lakatos (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Joel Soultanian (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Roland Kato (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Rollice E. Dale* (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Samuel Boghossian (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4)
Violin – Alfred C. Brewning* (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Charles Veal* (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Daniel Shindaryor* (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Andre Granat* (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Gordon H. Marron* (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Harry Bluestone (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Ilkka Talvi (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Joy Lyle (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Nathan Kaproff (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Nathan Ross (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Paul Shure (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Tibor Zelig (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4), Vicki Sylvester* (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B4)
Vocals – Stanley Clarke (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3, B4)
Woodwind – Don Menza (tracks: A3, B1, B4), Ernest J. Watts* (tracks: A3, B1, B4), Gary Herbig (tracks: A3, B1, B4), James R. Horn* (tracks: A3, B1, B4)
Written-By – Stanley Clarke (tracks: A1 to B2, B4), Todd Cochran (tracks: B3)
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[REVIEW] Bodacious Space Pirates モーレツ宇宙海賊
June 5, 2016 / IgirisuJen
In July 2015, I'd gone on holiday with my best friend, and on a whim, I bought part one of Bodacious Space Pirates. The title was unusual to pique my interest and it was only £5 so I figured that an impulse buy was justified. If you'd have told me then that it was one of the most LGBT and feminist friendly anime that I've ever watched, I would have laughed in your face.
For a series based on a manga called "Miniskirt Space Pirates"; the expectations weren't high to say the least. While I was comforted slightly by the age rating on the DVD, previous experience had taught me to expect the worst- poorly executed fanservice and no real plot substance. But I was pleasantly surprised on both counts.
Captain Marika
Bodacious Space Pirates, or Mouretsu Uchuu Kaizoku, is the story of Marika Katou, a young girl balancing life as a high school student and waitress simultaneously. She learns that her estranged father, Gonzaemon, had died on duty as a space pirate and it turns her life upside down. According to the Letter of Marque, a pirate's licence, only the next of kin is allowed to take over the ship. So Marika decides to become captain of the Bentenmaru, so the Letter stays valid. The only problem is- will she be able to educate herself in the ways of piracy at the same time as getting an education?
Chiaki: the tsundere transfer student
The best thing about this series is that it doesn't try too hard. A lot of series attempt to be appealing by shoehorning awkward fanservice in where it doesn't belong. Because of this, it's no secret that I'm not a massive fan of harem-type anime because the genre is incredibly guilty of going overboard on the sexy. But an advantage of the cast being largely female is that the chance of that is lower, and there's more of a focus on friendship instead of romance. Bodacious Space Pirates could have easily gone down the sexy schoolgirl route, but instead it's an innocent adventure. I can't recall any upskirt shots, even in anti-grav.
This series' strength lies in its women. From high school students, to pirates, to hackers and CEOs, they interact with each other perfectly. The majority of problems are solved by girls supporting each other and the rest are solved through the belief that they are capable enough to figure it out themselves. Through hard work and dedication, they prove themselves time and time again, especially in the case of Captain Marika, who doesn't win every time but tries her hardest regardless. One of the best character developments is seeing Chiaki Kurihara, the aloof tsundere, opening herself up to the girls of Hakuoh Academy.
Look at that canon yuri.
And one of the most refreshing things of the series is the fact that not only is there only one confirmed relationship, but it's between two girls. Keeping up the lack of sexualisation, both Jenny and Lynn (or Rin depending on your translation) are portrayed so well, with the overused idea of their relationship being 'risqué' or 'inappropriate' kept well away. The cast are understandably surprised, but they move on quickly. Rather than playing it for laughs, it is taken very seriously, and one of the driving motivations for an entire plotline.
While I initially watched Bodacious Space Pirates in the English dub, I would definitely recommend watching the sub instead. The English cast aren't bad, especially as they include names like Greg Ayres and Monica Rial, but after the honeymoon period had ended and I started to look at the series critically, I realised that the quality had started to slip. This is especially in the case of Chiaki, as the emotion didn't always show through. It is difficult with her character archetype, the type which acts indifferent, but sometimes it came across more monotone than anything else.
Odango: it's a family thing
That being said, it's a minor superficial detail. The anime itself is an enjoyable mixture of tropes, combining sci-fi and high school drama. For those looking for the classic beach episode, don't worry – despite the space setting, they haven't left it out, complete with training montage. Extra-curricular clubs are as prominent as ever, with the Hakuoh Yacht Club taking centre stage for several episodes. And like, most high school anime, there's nothing like some healthy competition between rival schools. Mix in some political intrigue, the business aspect of piracy, and a couple of very unsubtle Sailor Moon references, and you have something for everyone.
To be completely honest, 'lesbian space pirates' were the only three words I needed to fall in love. I was lucky enough that the series followed through on its promises, surpassing my expectations and giving me everything I could have asked for.
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I still haven't given this anime a go but it has been sitting on my list for awhile. I really should give it a try. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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PLANS: Trinity Green Investments wants to build a Dorchester building to house older homeless tenants. (RENDERING COURTESY OF RUSSELL DESIGN ASSOCIATES)
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PUBLISHED: September 8, 2016 at 12:00 am | UPDATED: November 18, 2018 at 12:00 am
A Milton developer is proposing a 52-unit studio apartment building in Dorchester that would house older homeless tenants and be staffed and managed by Boston's Pine Street Inn.
Trinity Green Investments plans to build the $8.5 million project at 123 Hamilton St., between the Bowdoin-Geneva and Meeting House Hill neighborhoods, and master lease the entire building to the nonprofit homelessness organization, which would lease units to chronically or formerly homeless people who are 55 years and older.
The new building would replace a dilapidated warehouse.
Preliminary feedback from neighborhood groups and elected officials has been positive, primarily because of the success of a similar project at 307 Bowdoin St. in Dorchester, according to Trinity principal Thomas Broderick, who filed project plans with the Boston Redevelopment Authority last week. "People recognize that there's a problem with homelessness, particularly this age group that has not been addressed," Broderick said.
Pine Street would control the selection of tenants, who would have to make 30 percent of the area median income or less to qualify for the 266- to 444-square-foot units, according to spokeswoman Barbara Trevisan. "We certainly have a number of properties that we have developed, but more and more we are partnering with outside developers who are developing properties, and we are leasing from them," she said.
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HOW THE FBI RAN DOWN JOHN DILLINGER IN 1934--BACK IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS, BEFORE SAUDI ARABIA HAD BOUGHT THEIR B@LLS
The great Pam Atlas did some old-fashioned citizen-reporting the other day, to find out why the FBI had censored its own "MOST WANTED" notice for Islamist double honor-murderer Yaser Abdel Said. She actually got through to a human being, Mark Whitein, a flack for the Bureau's Dallas office-- though unfortunately he wasn't a truthful human being.
This worm Whitein had the gall to pretend that they had censored their notice (deleting the phrase "honor killing" and any references to Said's Islamist motivations) because they couldn't assume what the motive was behind the murder.
"It's a double murder...It's not our job to label...The label doesn't mean anything...We don't label."
Uhhhhhhhh, THAT'S A LIE. The Bureau routinely reports incidents of "HATE CRIMES" based precisely on these sorts of assumptions. The bulk of those incidents--incidents, NOT convictions!-- are characterized as "hate-crimes" on far weaker evidence than they've got against that filthy jihadi-on-the-run Yaser Abdel Said.
For that matter, given flack Whitein's "argument," why on earth does the FBI think Said even committed "a double murder"? Maybe these dangerous semi-kaffir teen daughters assaulted dear old Dad, and he had to fill them fulla lead in self-defense? Come on, you sooooooo professional FBI people, let's not jump to conclusions!
Dangerous Semi-Kaffir Daughters
When the clueless (or compromised?!) fools at the Bureau wake up to the real threat to our way-of-life that these insidious homicidal Islamists represent, maybe then patriotic American taxpayers like me will have the confidence to put our real names on our blogs, rather than expose our families and ourselves to the carefree rampages of Islamists running amok in America.
"I CAN'T STAND THAT MEAN MR CHURCHILL...HE JUST GETS HERR HITLER MADDER AND MADDER AT US..."
I knew these people existed, especially back in my blinkered Bay State homeland, but to see them putting it all out there, proud and open on YouTube, is really quite startling. According to the vid and the bios, this loony lady studied Torah and lived in Israel for 5 years...and this is what she learned:
1) A guy who supports infanticide and (What?...Is that unfair?...Arguably not infanticide?...OK, let me change that)...A guy who supports partial-birth abortion up to the 9th month and considers a baby from an unplanned pregnancy a "punishment" somehow earns her support, in spite of her education in the unambiguously anti-abortion Torah. Hmmmmmm...Maybe there's another Torah out there of which I'm unaware, one that endorses abortion?
2) When a blood-soaked Arab despot threatens to bomb Israel if he's attacked by the US, it's really the US President who's to blame. Funny how she recalls all that pre-war fear in Israel of Saddam's missiles...But somehow she forgot to mention that Bush WIPED OUT that ferociously anti-Israel regime and captured the despot...and prevented the feared attacks were made. And the whole Op Iraqi Freedom was WILDLY POPULAR in Israel.
And she says nothing about all those missiles that REALLY ARE being fired into Israel from Gaza, dozens a week...Those same nice Gazans who are illegally contributing thousand$ to Barry Hussein's campaign.
I hereby open the floor to YOUR VOTES, my friends, to explain this bizarre phenomenon. The choices are:
(a) Stockholm/Cambridge syndrome, this cowardly mom was so traumatized by the Arab terror her kids actually were exposed to that she has come to identify/sympathize with the terrorists and their protectors (Barry Hussein)
(b) "Court-Jew" narcissisim, the desire to grovel and assist a powerful non-Jewish figure (like Obama) in return for being recognized by the power figure as an "official representative" of the Jewish community. (And tangibly rewarded for it, heheh. Like "Rabbi" Michael Lerner was rewarded by the Klintons).
(c) "Jewicidal" urge, as the great AtlasShrugs calls it--when Jews convince themselves that a clearly suicidal course is actually the safest one. Like handing the Golan Heights to Syria!
(d) Slavish Jewish devotion to MLCA*...In spite of her professed religious training.
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(e) She's just really, really, REAAAALLLLLLLYYYYYY stupid.
Feel free to mix and match, in the proportions you deem fit. I HEREBY OPEN THE FLOOR TO YOUR VOTES.
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"Mercy!" cried Gandalf: "if the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What do you want to know?"
From: Sarah
Q: I live in Canada and I found out about "The Grey Book" from the Lord of the Rings trivial pursuit game question. I'm so glad that i did because i am one of the biggest fans of the movies and the books my everything is Lord of the Rings so i just want to say how much it touched my heart to read the grey book because it made that experience much more real to me, like i was actually there. P.S. my kids love gandalf!!! and told me to say "Hi" All the best!!!
A: Good to have news of the LOTR Trivial Pursuits. Way back I was told the actors in the trilogy would be invited to send in their own questions but nothing happened.
ps and my regards to the kids.
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From: Lydia Hendrick
Q: In Return of the King, what touched me deeply, when I first saw it and all the times since that I've seen it, is the scene where you comforted Pippin. The way you delivered the description of the continuing journey after this life was also comforting to me. I just wanted to thank you and the writers for inserting that vision in the movie. I had lost my husband the year ROTK was released and it helped me alot. I know that sounds silly but I am forever grateful.
A: You are not the only one to find that scene particularly affecting.
Q: In the RotK DVD additional CD you are saying, that Middle-earth lives. Its not a fairy tale. For me, that is true too, as ME lives in our hearts, if we long for something real, beautiful and true, the fellowship and connectedness of mankind. I am a Christian and find it in my faith. How do you see it, what is ME for you?
A: I was referring to Peter Jackson's filmic style, creating the reality of Middle-earth as a historic rather than a fictional place.
From: Leslie Fetro
Q" Is Mr. McKellen bothered if some of his fans only know him as Gandalf from the LOTR movies and are not familiar with any of his other fabu work?
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Q: I was wondering about the scene in Return of the King where Gandalf beats up Denethor with his staff. It looks so real, and I was curious as to how it was done. Was it a stage fight with sound effects added in later? How much did you have to practice?
A: The trick of pretending to fight is not to hurt each other and none of my apparent thrusts actually touched John Noble's Denethor. Crucial to the effect is the position of the camera and the addition of thumps and breathings and "ouch!" I have fought with sword and sometimes staff on and off onstage for 40 years.
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Ofer Military Court Confirms Renewal of Administrative Detention Against Palestinian Child
On 26 October 2021, Ofer military court confirmed the renewal of four months of administrative detention against Palestinian child Amal Nakhleh, 17 years old, despite his young age, the absence of any new or disclosed information, and, more gravely, the precarity of his health condition. Amal Nakhleh was first arrested on 21 January 2021 from his home by the Israeli Occupation Forces and placed under administrative detention. He suffers from myasthenia gravis, a rare neuromuscular disorder causing weakness in the skeletal muscles, which requires specialized medical care, regular medication, and constant monitoring of symptoms to avoid further health complications. Since then, according to medical reports, Amal has been found to face new compounding health concerns.
The Israeli military commander issued the renewal of his administrative detention order on 19 September 2021, which was confirmed in its full duration of 4 months by the Ofer military court a month later. The confirmation represents the second renewal, and third term, of his administrative detention order, since his arrest on 21 January 2021. As such, Amal Nakhleh would not be released until 18 January 2022, marking an entire year spent under administrative detention with no charge or trial, based on "secret" evidence withheld by the Israeli military prosecution and court.
The severity of his detention, as a child detainee suffering from a multitude of health conditions, further compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, led to a communiqué on 25 February 2021 by UN Human Rights experts and Special Rapporteurs expressing concern for Amal's administrative detention and urging "all necessary interim measures be taken to halt the alleged violations and prevent their re-occurrence…[and] to ensure the accountability of any person responsible."
During the military court confirmation hearing, Amal was given an opportunity to speak, where he emphasized his worries regarding his physical and psychological health, particularly his medical condition, for which he requested monitoring by his personal doctor who is familiar with his condition. Amal further mentioned his worries regarding his future and expressed his wishes to be able to continue his current high school studies and later be able to enroll in university.
The Ofer military court judge confirmed the extension of his administrative detention for the entirety of the four months, alleging that Amal posed a "serious threat to the security of the state," based on secret evidence that could not be disclosed. Paradoxically, the military court stated that the military prosecution did not submit any new evidence, but that the decision relied on "secret information" submitted in prior sessions.
Notably, his most recent arrest and detention on 21 January 2021 follow a similar attempt at his continued detention less than two months prior, on 10 December 2020, when the Israeli military court of appeal confirmed Amal's release after 40 days of incarceration based on Amal's young age and physical and psychological health.
The confirmation of the renewed administrative detention order against Palestinian child Amal Nakhleh, despite the gaping inconsistencies, and lack thereof, in the purported "secret" evidence submitted by the military prosecution further point to the complicity of the Israeli military judicial system in the Israeli occupation and apartheid regime. Amal Nakhleh's case highlights the Israeli apartheid regime's systematic targeting of Palestinian children, demonstrating that no one is exempt from Israel's arbitrary policy of administrative detention and deliberate medical neglect, not even vulnerable Palestinian children or when grave health conditions emerge.
Commemorating the International Day of Education by Highlighting the Reality of the Right to Education for Palestinian Political Prisoners
Palestinian-French Human Rights Lawyer, Salah Hammouri, is under Imminent Threat of Forcible Deportation from his Hometown Jerusalem to France
Israeli Authorities Commit War Crime of Forcible Deportation against Palestinian-French Human Rights Lawyer Salah Hammouri
Pictures from Administrative Detention Campaign's Event


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Take off with this healthy, all-natural, fruit-filled alternative that will help you resist the temptation of those sugary dessert selections. If you're ready to set off the flavor fireworks, then give this Independence Day-inspired patriotic popsicle recipe a try.
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2. In another bowl, whisk together the yogurt, coconut milk, LIMU LEAN shake mix and the remaining 3 tablespoons honey until smooth. Divide the mixture evenly between the popsicle molds, pouring it atop the frozen strawberry layer. Insert popsicle sticks into the center of each mold and freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.
3. Combine the blueberries and pomegranate juice into your blender. Blend the mixture until puréed. Divide the blueberry mixture evenly between the popsicle molds, pouring it atop the frozen yogurt layer, and freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.
When ready to serve, briefly run the popsicle molds under warm water then gently pull the popsicles from the molds and serve. There you have it! Celebrate liberation from calories this Fourth of July with this guilt-free treat.


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The Locked Room (The New York Trilogy part III)
The New York Trilogy – Paul Auster; Penguin, 1990
The third installment of this book is The Locked Room. I do not think this third "part" is on par with the previous two works. I can appreciate the twists of the storylines, the exploration of various themes, and the deconstruction of characters in the previous two pieces in this book, but this last was tedious. Beyond that, the self-referential circling back with little hints or names seemed forced and pointless.
Like the other two pieces, The Locked Room is postmodern metafiction wearing the costume of a noir detective story. Overall, the story explores the psychological control that a memory/character has over another character. Both characters are, in some way, authors. So, just like the previous pieces, the novel attempts to look at facets of the act of writing and of being an author. Again, we see that an author is comparable to a detective.
In this novel, the meta parts of the metafiction play with concepts of identity, transference, and despair. The main character is again isolated. Through this isolation, we see how the effects of searching for the identity of the other causes the loss of identity of self. The narrator instantiates himself in the character Fanshawe's life at the behest of Fanshawe. This definitely improves the narrator's life in several ways (a ready-made family, significant monetary income, a modicum of fame). However, this also causes the narrator to slip further away from himself as the hero-worship he had for Fanshawe develops into resentment.
I didn't like much of this novel. It definitely goes on too long. About one hundred pages could be chopped from this thing without any damage really being done. Furthermore, the little inclusions of "Henry Dark" and "Quinn" and the "red notebook" are interesting because authors do tend to fixate on certain concepts/names. They work them and rewrite them and wrestle with them until they finally get to the story intended for them. However, until the story is "great," authors use and re-use little things like this. So if Auster has thrown in these tidbits to portray another aspect of the art of writing and of authorship, it seems acceptable. If he has thrown them into the novel just to reference the previous segments and to make the novel seem edgy and circular, then it is a complete failure. The tactic is too obvious and stupid.
The novel drags on. Noir detective fiction should be very suspenseful, mysterious, and psychological. But by that last term I mean that there ought to be building tension from the unknowns. The unknown parts of the story are the parts that make such stories noir. Instead, most of this novel is hero-worship and drooling slobber over the flat, uninteresting female character. The "psychological factor" in this novel is, then, the obsession that develops between the two authors. To me, this only made the narrator insufferable and ridiculous.
At the end of the novel, we do not really have any clue why any of this happened. If this was an attempt to explore the identity/transference between authors and characters, it was no big thing. There was no huge exploration, only a few steps taken in that direction. I feel this could have been done a lot better with a lot more potency. But instead, honestly, it just came out wimpy and morose.
As in the previous parts, the main character is isolated and he deconstucts. He loses everything, seemingly even his mind. He turns to a less clean-cut lifestyle for a month as he roams France like a vagabond. He spends his time in seedy places with people of ill-repute. We are led to believe this is because his efforts in author-detecting about Fanshawe have come to naught. However, throughout the novel, we are given hints and glimpses that this darkness and wretchedness already lies inside the narrator and Fanshawe and Paris are what finally cause these characteristics to appear. The key point for me was that I did not care. It felt like a setup and a forced shift in the novel. And at the end, it changes nothing, the outcome is as bland and mundane as could be.
Honestly, this part heavily reminded me of things that Nabokov was doing in his novel Despair. And at some points, I felt like Auster was basically ripping off Nabokov. Now, Despair is not my favorite novel, but it certainly does all of this stuff better and stronger than Auster's third segment here. Definitely recommend to readers who are interested in this to compare these two works.
So, this final part can only be given two stars. But, averaged with the previous parts, that still gives this whole "trilogy" a 3 star rating. Totally acceptable reading. I would probably tell folks the first two parts are recommended while the third is entirely optional. I do not feel it added anything to what Auster was trying to accomplish or added any new ideas to the themes he was exploring.
Posted in 2 Stars, Novels and tagged books, Fanshawe, Henry Dark, novels, Paul Auster on November 11, 2015 by nawfalaq. Leave a comment
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There are occasional typos (not too often): every time I write a blog I promise myself I will re-read it and edit it. But I'd rather read more books.... Also, I keep the language fairly clean in here, if you comment - please do the same. I can enjoy me some good cussin' but this ain't the time nor the place for it.
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Josep d'Alòs i Bru (1730 – 1800), II marquès d'Alòs, va ser un militar català.

Biografia
Era fill d'Antoni d'Alòs i de Rius i de Teresa Bru.

L'agost de 1745, de la mà del seu pare, Capità tinent del cos d'elit dels Granaders Reials, ingressa en aquest cos en qualitat de subrigadier. Al setembre de 1747 serà ascendit a capità i destinat al regiment de dragons de Batavia, unitat llavors al comandament de Manuel d'Amat. Més endavant va aconseguir el grau de tinent general dels reials exèrcits ocupant el lloc de Governador de la plaça de Jaca. Va residir durant un temps a Fonz. Es va casar amb Maria Ventura de Mora i Areny. El seu fill primogènit Josep Maria d'Alòs i de Mora el va succeir en el Marquesat d'Alòs.

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Handberg was hired less than a year ago in hopes of growing the organization to better meet the needs of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community. Officially established in 1995, Indy Pride, Inc. is an entirely volunteer-based entity which serves the LGBTQ community of central Indiana through leadership development, educational programs and community events. Their mission is to unite and serve its members with inclusivity, equality, strong community connections and awareness of LGBTQ issues. Indy Pride Inc., also arranges a Community Thanksgiving Dinner, scholarship awards, along with collaborating with Circle City Pride Softball, LGBT Film Fest and Pride Volleyball.
In 1981, those who attended the very first Pride event, a dinner at what the Essex House Hotel organized by Justice Inc., wore masks to disguise their identity. During this time, LGBTQ Pride was not prevalent in Indianapolis. It was not until 1988 that the Pride celebration was hosted outside in a public space with 175 attendees. Nearly thirty years later in 2017, more than 50,000 people attended the festival.
Attendees can also expect a long list of festivities from talent, more than 200 vendors and a family-fun zone, to animals, music, food and even a health care corridor where visitors can receive screenings and other health information. The festival provides visitors with the opportunity to network and communicate with others without fear of judgment.
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What is needed in politics is not the ability to lie but rather the sensibility to know when, where, how and to whom to say things.
— Václav Havel.
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Title: Displacement
Year: 1998 – 1999
Medium: Embodying a Nkisi Nkonde icon, Behavior Art
Materials: Cuban earth, glue, wood, nails / textile
NOTE: Each time the piece is shown it may incorporate new symbolic materials (2005 bullets, 2003 pencils)
Destierro (Displacement) creates a relationship between religious faith and the people's trust in the effectiveness of its rulers. The object the work refers to is a Nkisi Nkonde, a religious fetish mainly native to Congo. Those who practice this animistic religion ask the fetish to grant them their wishes. The Nkisi Nkonde is "loaded" or activated with relics or body parts of a deceased person. Each nail in it is a wish that has been complied with. According to this belief, these objects of power are highly effective, but the person who asks must make a promise in appreciation of the wish come true. If this promise is not fulfilled, the spirit in the Nkisi "wakes up" and looks for the person who did not comply to discharge all its power against him. These objects are so much respected and feared that at times they are used as witnesses in transactions or contracts between two people.
Destierro (Displacement) is an allegorical way to approach Cuban reality and the social promises that were made and never kept. Because of the intimate relationship of the Cuban people with African Cuban religions, this action can be understood by the general public. As a consequence, when in 1998 a performance was held in the streets in Havana on Fidel Castro's birthday, a popular peregrination walked behind the icon, which was followed, adored, feared, and on whom hopes, wishes and efforts have been invested to claim and restitute the social promises the Cuban Government had made to its people.
Tania Bruguera: Talking to Power / Hablandole al Poder. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. San Francisco, United States. Curated by Lucia Sanroman and Susie Kantor.
June 16 – October 29
Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flanerie. Barnes Foundation. Philadelphia, United States. Curated by Thom Collins, Martha Lucyand Judith Tannenbaum.
February 25 – May 22
As If Sand Were Stone: Contemporary Latin American Art from the AGO Collection. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada.
May 20 – August 7
Transfigured Worlds: Kongo power Figure and Bruguera's Displacement Costume. Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York. Purchase, New York, United States. Curated by Marie-Thérèse Brincard. (Documentation)
January 28 – April 11
Tania Bruguera: On the political Imaginary (Survey Show). Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York. Purchase New York, United States. Curated by Helaine Posner. (catalog) (Performance)
Tania Bruguera. Installation / Performances. Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany. Curated by Dirk Luck. (Documentation)
July 22 – September 17
The Hours – Visual Arts in Contemporary Latin America. Selected works from the Daros-Latinamerica Collection. Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin, Ireland. Curated by Sebastián López. (catalog) (Performance)
(Documentation)
October 5, 2005 – January 15, 2006
Molino Cubano. Watemill Foundation. Water Mill, New York, United States. Curated by Robert Wilson. (Performance)
Lo que me corresponde. Iturralde Gallery. Los Angeles, California, United States. Curated by Tere Iturralde and Cristina Vives. (Documentation)
January 5 – February 20
(Performance)
Obsesiones. Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba. Curated by Magda Ileana González. (Performance)
III Bienal Barro de América. Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela. Curated by Roberto Guevara. (Performance)
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Lo que me corresponde
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Obsesiones
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Alonso Lorea, José Ramón "Tania Bruguera o el Performance como medio de reflexión," Edited by Author's Blog 'EstudiosCulturales,' 2006. Madrid, Spain.
Brincard, Marie-Thérese "Transfigured worlds: Kongo Power figure and Bruguera's Displacement costume," For the exhibition 'Transfigured Worlds.' January 2011, New York, United States.
Curía, Dolores "Ethics of provocation: Tania Bruguera turn spectators into citizens," Suplemento cultural Página 12, 2009. Buenos Aires, Argentina (illust.)
Gardner, Grace Belinda "Tania Bruguera in der Kunsthalle Zu Kiel: Anstoss zum Klatschen," Artnet Magazine. Germany, July 24, 2006. (illust.)
Gonzáles-Mora, Ileana Magda "Obsesiones," Text for the exhibition 'Obsesiones'. Edited by Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam. August 13, 1998. Havana, Cuba.
Heartney, Eleanor "TANIA BRUGUERA: Politics by Other Means," Art in America, April 2010, (cover & illust.) pp. 98 – 105.
Metrópolis "Tania Bruguera," TVE 2, National Spanish television, chanel 2, Metrópolis Nr. 1029, December 12th, 2010, Madrid, Spain (video)
Muñoz, José "Performing Greater Cuba: Tania Bruguera and The Burden of Guilt," Holy Terrors: Latin American Women Perform, Edited by Diana Taylor and Roselyn Constantino, Various authors, Ed.Duke University Press / Tisch, United States, 2003, (illust.) pp. 401 – 415. ISBN 0-8223-3227-2, ISBN 0-8223-3240-X
Olmo, Santiago "How to Speak from the Media?" La Promesa de la Política / The Promise of Politics, Edited by Fundación RAC. León, Spain. (illust.) pp. 9 – 29. ISBN 978-84-614-5421-1
Rubin, Edward "Tania Bruguera," Art Nexus, Issue 77, Jan. – August. 2010 (illust.) pp. 110 – 111.
___________ "Neuberger Museum Features Installation Art by Cuban Artist; Tania Bruguera: On the Political Imaginary". D'Art International Magazine. Fall/Winter Issue. (illust.) pp. 1 – 3.
___________ "Neuberger Museum Features Installation Art by Cuban Artist; Tania Bruguera: On the Political Imaginary". March 29. ARTES eMagazine, United States.
___________ "Neuberger Museum Features Installation Art by Cuban Artist; Tania Bruguera: On the Political Imaginary". June 2010. Terminal Magazine. Tel Aviv, Israel.
Sosa Fernández, Sandra "Stage Management," The H Magazine, Nro.3 (H3), 2006. La Habana, Cuba.
Valdés Figueroa, Eugenio "Storie di alienigeni," UnDo.net, Short Stories, Racconti d'identitá. 2001, Italy.
Villagrán, Plinio "Tania Bruguera: ritos públicos, ritos privados," Nota al pie; Reviews and analysis Blog, February, 2012. Guatemala. (illust.)
Wood, Yolanda "La aventura del silencio en Tania Bruguera," Arte Cubano, no.3, Havana, Cuba, 2000, (cover & illust.) pp. 34 – 37.
(…)It is more the desire people have to find this "ancestral" ritualism because I am a Cuban than because it is in my works. Even when I make works like Destierro (Exile) where a Congo icon is present, I activate it from its possibilities as a social contract and as a demonstration of unfulfilled promises(…)
Curía, Dolores "Una ética de la provocación: Tania Bruguera convierte al espectador en ciudadano", 2009. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Tania is mute during her performances. The silence is a symbol of the intelligence, the patience or perhaps the frustration in the face of undesirable submissiveness. The repeated gesture is a frequent leitmotif with which she continually attempts to narrate fragments of an occurence and to enforce individual freedoms.
Gonzáles-Mora, Ileana Magda "Obsesiones", August 13, 1998. Havana, Cuba.
(…)Each nail represents a desire hammered into the object's form.In this massive costume Bruguera tours public spaces as part of the Destierro performance.She confronts Cubans and tourist as she tours old Havana's most historic sections.In the dilapidated beauty of rustic town squares, the figure of Cuba's syncretic nature confronts its populace.Those inside the object's epistemology recognize it and quickly form an identification to it that is calibrated by their own relationship to the belief network, while for others outside that loop it appears to be some ancient musty relic come to life, perhaps a Caribbean mummy emerged form a hidden tropical crypt.When confronting the nkisi nkonde those in the know can perhaps understand eachclavo or nail as a desire that has been literally introjected into the object.While introjected into the object it is still visible, a desire that is literally worn on the sleeve.Perhaps the desire that is made visible, a desire that is literally worn on the sleeve.Perhaps the desire that is made visible on the figure is one of flight, or maybe a wish for the island, a desire to stay.It is a significant that this performance was first stage on Castro's birthday, a holiday that calls the nation to embrace its leader and his status as literal representative of the nation.For those who believe in the revolution's infallible glory, Castro almost functions as a nkisi nkonde, a symbolic figure in which the populace invests its hopes and desires.For those who denounce the leader, he is the fetish the juju, the ultimate Other, also potentially represented in the performance.Again, Bruguera's performance explicates the ways in which the Cuban people, arguably inside and out of the island, participate in an economy of projection, investing desire and guilt in outside objects rather than understanding the potential transformation available through a politics of introjection.
Muñoz, José "Performing Greater Cuba: Tania Bruguera and The Burden of Guilt". 2013. United States.
(…) The artist selects one gesture that reveals a particular psychological state and repeats it endlessly. Anxiety, guilt, impotence, silence and expiation appear to be her subjects' mechanisms of reaction. She prolongs each gesture with such painful intensity that the performance takes on an almost sacrificial element. The rational becomes the irrational. Tania goes into a trance-like state, time stands still within her virtual mind space until nothing is left but the place where the ego goes in search of catharsis. This is self flagellation of mind and body to achieve transcendence…interior thought become automatic gesture and where the observer becomes the judge…physical and mental torture during which time slows down. An individual gesture is transformed into one with collective meaning. Primitive ritual reveals the most hidden corners of our cultural memory and its signifiers. Human conduct becomes a means of understanding society. The call of the early 20th century artistic avant-garde to mix Art with life is renewed in a concept where both are living processes brought together and interconnected by the artists'consciousness.
Sosa Fernández, Sandra "Acotación," The H Magazine, Nr.3 (H3), 2006. Havana, Cuba.
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In recent years we've heard a lot about bizarre emotional support animals.
Recently a passenger claimed that Spirit told her to flush an emotional support hamster down the toilet. There was big news when United banned an emotional support peacock from flying. There's also the story about Daniel, an emotional support duck!
As you can see from the examples listed above, people are trying to bring just about any kind of animal onboard in the name of emotional support.
America's favorite traveling chef Anthony Bourdain will be back in a couple of weeks with a new season of his hit CNN series Parts Unknown.
A couple was kicked off of a flight on their way to their destination wedding a couple of weeks back. Air India has a plan to fine disruptive passengers who cause flight delays.
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A couple of weeks back I wrote how a new Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown website recently debuted.
Chef, traveler and television personality Anthony Bourdain might not be making much progress in opening his massive food market in NYC.
Lots of crazy things seem to happen on planes.
Early in 2016 Delta flight attendants got into a fight and the plane had to make an unscheduled landing. Some passengers like to bring strange animals on flights.
I'm sure that we've all seen those silly photos where with a little trickery it appears your friend is holding up the Leaning Tower of Pisa or kissing the Sphynx in Egypt.
Yesterday I wrote about an interesting question about bear attacks in the wild.
The post was written due to the recent tragic death of a hiker killed by a grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park last week. It was stated that deadly encounters between bears and humans in the park was rare.
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Recently, a number of requests related to Elevation Certificates have been received at NSPS headquarters via the NSPS website "Contact Form." In one case, the inquirer noted that they had been notified by FEMA that they may be eligible for a reduction in flood insurance premiums by contacting a Professional Surveyor to provide an elevation certificate. NSPS staff has researched the matter further and found that the "notification" (whether sent by FEMA, or just found on their website) is actually a fact sheet. The fact sheet says "Contact a surveyor from your National Society of Professional Surveyors state affiliate: nsps.us.com), but doesn't link to the NSPS website page where one can find their state affiliate. The fact sheet also links to a download for the elevation certificate.
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NSPS Radio Hour — June 5 at 11 a.m. EDT
A May 3, 2017 article, "History Hunters in Search of Michigan's Survey Legacy," posted in NSPS News & Views discussed "more than 200 years ago, surveyors accompanied by chainmen, axe men, hunters, and cooks set out across the land now known as Michigan to chart and mark the land for settling. Today, surveyors, equipped with trucks, shovels, GPS, and excavation equipment, are walking in the footsteps of their predecessors to find evidence of that original work through a program called remonumentation."
Host Curt Sumner will be joined by Gary Hahn, Greg Vaughn, and Kevin Miedema to discuss elements of the Michigan "remonumentation" program.
To listen to archives of previous shows, visit americaswebradio.com/nsps-radio-hour.
Senate passes Digital Coast Act
The United States Senate last week passed S. 110, the "Digital Coast Act of 2017" by unanimous consent. Sponsored by Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), the NSPS-supported bill establishes a constituent-driven program to provide a digital geospatial information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision-support tools, training, and best practices and to support local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage economic growth and resilience in the coastal region.
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Geospatial Data Act introduced in U.S. Senate
Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Mark Warner (D-VA) were joined last week by Senators Dean Heller (R-NV) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) in joint introduction of S. 1253, the "Geospatial Data Act" which is a bill to improve the coordination and use of geospatial data. NSPS successfully negotiated revisions in the bill to move responsibility for chair of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) to the Office of Management and Budget within the executive Office of the President, to establish a statutory role for private sector utilization while clarifying, broadening and codifying application of the Brooks Act; and establish the primacy of state law on licensure of surveyors.
Bipartisan UAS bill would bring regulation to local level
A recently introduced bipartisan bill is attempting to bring the regulation of UAS down to the local level. S. 1272, the Drone Federalism Act of 2017, would establish a process for federal, state, local and tribal governments to work together to manage the use of recreational and commercial drones. The bill, sponsored by Sens. Dianne Feinstein, (D-CA), Mike Lee (R-UT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Tom Cotton (R-AR) allows communities to create low-altitude speed limits, local no-drone zones or rules that are appropriate to their own circumstances. Feinstein has long been a critic of drone technology who has impeded efforts to expand commercial activities. The bill would be a significant departure from some 60 years of law that "the United States Government has exclusive sovereignty of airspace of the United States" (49 USC § 40103).
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Ligado focuses on unmanned sector in push for terrestrial network
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Dissecting Muybridge Series
Dissecting Muybridge recontextualizes Eadweard Muybridge's late nineteenth century chronophotography, to both critique and analyze the language of film through the immediacy of video. The work is divided into three parts that trails the moving image's evolution into film, analog video, and digital video
Dissecting Muybridge Part I: The Moving Image, 14 min 14 sec, 720x480 SD, 2014
Dissecting Muybridge Part III: Limits of Chronophotography, 14 min 51 sec, 720x480 SD, 2014
Technical details: Footage was all made digitally using custom code (a lot of For Loops) via Processing. Sound was developed by custom software in MAX/MSP for analyzing luminescence and pixel movement direction translated into control voltage for analog synthesis. You can see the setup in the making of below.
Multiplying Muybridge, Audio-Visual Performance, 12-15 min, 1920 x 1080 HD, 2015
Multiplying Muybridge was first performed at Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York for the opening of Performing Media: Works by Signal Culture Artists in Residence an exhibition curated by Signal Culture, Friday, September 19th, 2014 through January 11th, 2015.
Multiplying Muybridge is a hybrid analog/digital performance that utilizes an analog synthesizer to create real-time pattern generation in processing. Processing sends those frames then to Max/MSP for live chroma-keying. Direct changes to the audio change how you see the layers of video. Audio is controlled via interacting with the synthesizers LFO's, depth sensors connected to control voltage to synth, and variables from drift speed from processing controls pitch on two VCOs.
This is a behind the scenes experiment (WIP) with multi-channel sound producing various shapes, colors, and augmenting size. These color's would then be used to create a multi-layer key for 7 layers of video. This demonstrations used a digital synth to get an idea for the possibilities and was later replaced by an analog synth, which produces more complex patterns.
Eric Souther "Multiplying Muybridge" Live Video & Audio Performance: Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center, 2016
This performance is generously supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation, The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes & New York State Council on the Arts.


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Boston Market Frozen Meals Recalled Due to Glass Contamination
Ryan O'Bryan Published: February 27, 2019
Check your freezer. If you recently bought Boston Market brand Home Style Meals Bonless Pork Rib Shaped Patty with BBQ Sauce and Mashed Potatoes, DO NOT EAT IT! There is a possibility it may be contaminated with pieces of glass or hard plastic. Yikes!
In a press release Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the makers of the product, Bellisio Foods, were recalling "approximately 173,376 pounds" of the frozen, not-ready-to-eat entrée after receiving an unspecified number of consumer complaints.
The USDA is classifying the recall as a Class 1 meaning, "This is a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death."
The 14-ounce black cardboard box packages were produced between December 7th, 2018 and February 15th, 2019, and feature a "Best By" dates of of 12/07/2019 with lot code 8341, 01/04/2020 with lot code 9004, 01/24/2020 with lot code 9024, or 02/15/2020 with lot code 9046, on the label.
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Despite the consumer complaints, there have been no reports of injury as a result of eating the product.
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[Source: USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service]
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Myrmecia fulviculis (or the toothless bullant) is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia and is usually distributed along the coastlines of New South Wales and Queensland.

The species has a resemblance of the M. fulvipes. The average size is around 13–14.5 millimetres long. Queens are around 21 millimetres long and males are a similar size to the workers. The head, thorax, and node are a black colour, while the mandibles and antennae is reddish brown.

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Myrmeciinae
Hymenoptera of Australia
Insects described in 1913
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Q: Is it a good idea to create Java game server using SOAP Web Services? so I need to create a java game server and I'm looking for good tools to do it.
I'm also pretty much familiar with CXF Web Services technologies
and i was wondering if I could use it to create a server for a multiplayer game where
I will probably need to manager game sessions and other "multiplayer game" stuffs, or maybe web services are not adapted for that?
Thank you!

A: You can. But if you want to provide an easy to use API, perhaps REST would be a better architecture, since it's much easier to write a REST client. Today, I would only recommend SOAP Web Services as an integration solution.

A: There are some great platforms out there that provide a full range of backend services for games. It will save you a lot of time and headache :)
E.g take a look at Parse

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