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Major banks project high possibility of economic recession in US in 2023
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A possible economic recession is projected to hit the United States in 2023, said major banks and financial experts, as the Federal Reserve is expected to further increase interest rates to curb the high inflation.
The U.S. saw its consumer prices rose at an annual rate of 6.5 percent in December, marking the sixth straight month that the pace had slowed, but still failed to meet the Fed's goal for an inflation rate of 2 percent.
Jerome Powell, chair of the Fed, said last month at a news conference that the Fed would maintain the tight monetary policy to bring the inflation back to its target.
JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and other top U.S. banks recently estimated a possible recession in 2023, as the shadow of high interest rates lingers.
JPMorgan prepared a 1.4-billion-dollar net reserve increase for soured loans, which was driven by its macroeconomic outlook that showed a mild recession, said JPM's CEO Jamie Dimon.
Bank of America also projected a same "mild recession" and built up its net reserves in the forth quarter.
The escalating inflation is adding downward pressure to the U.S. economy, also choking the Americans on higher-than-usual costs of livings and lower employment.
According to the 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer, only 36 percent of Americans surveyed are confident their families would be better off economically in five years.
The confidence level declined from roughly 40 percent in the previous year and marked an all-time low for the survey, which has been conducted annually for over two decades.
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Police in Pakistan arrest a suspected member of an outlawed Sunni sectarian group, blamed for planning attacks on minority groups.
Police in Pakistani Kashmir detain more than a dozen Kashmiri militants due to fears of a possible clash between two rival groups.
BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner reports on the role Islamic militants are willing to take in the war in Iraq.
Separatists cut off the noses of five villagers in a remote area of Indian-administered Kashmir, police say.
An Indonesian sailor held hostage by the militant Abu Sayyaf group in the Philippines manages to escape.
A 10-year-old dies in a 'tragic accident' as Israeli soldiers swoop on suspected Hamas militants in the West Bank.
What does the future hold for the region's minority Hindus after the massacre of 24 villagers, asks the BBC's Altaf Hussain.
Kurdish guerrillas, with the help of US special forces, gear up for possible conflict against the radical Ansar al-Islam group.
Shell closes further facilities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria as ethnic militants threaten to seize oilfields.
Villages have been burned indiscriminately by soldiers and ethnic militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta, refugees say.
The alleged leader of an Iraqi-based militant group is charged with terrorist offences in Norway.
The Israeli army says a senior Hamas militant, accused of involvement in suicide attacks, has been detained in the West Bank.
A French minister says there may be a link between ricin found in Paris and pro-Chechen terrorist suspects.
Malaysian police unearth four tonnes of a key bomb-making material, as a hunt for Islamic militants continues.
The Israeli army says it shot dead two senior members of the militant group Hamas in two separate raids in the West Bank.
Eight militants and three others die as an upsurge of violence continues in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Seven people are reported killed in a confrontation in Indian-administered Kashmir.
At least five Palestinians die in an Israeli raid on a refugee camp in the West Bank after a night of violence.
Israeli troops shoot dead five Palestinians in a town near Nablus, after killing two Israelis in error.
Bangladeshi police say the arrest of five members of a hardline Islamist group may be linked to a series of bomb attacks.
Militant Palestinian group Hamas criticises the decision to create the post of prime minister.
Israel defends the killing of a leader and founder of Hamas and warns that strikes against militants will continue.
The militant Islamic group threatens to target Israeli politicians to avenge the death of one of its founders.
Israeli rockets kill a Palestinian militant leader and three others, hours after an attack on a Jewish settlement.
Palestinian militants kill two Israelis in an attack on a West Bank settlement before being shot dead by soldiers.
Kuwait arrests five suspected Islamic militants and seizes a large cache of weapons and ammunition.
Washington attacks Israel after its latest onslaught in the Gaza Strip leaves eight Palestinians dead - including a pregnant woman and child.
BBC News Online looks at the massive investigation into the militant Islamic al-Qaeda network, in the wake of the 11 September terror attacks.
A senior member of militant group Hamas is detained by Israeli troops in a raid that killed eight Palestinians.
As more and more Algerians are arrested in Europe for terror plots, the BBC's Andrew Hosken looks at the roots of Algerian militancy.
A militant Muslim group known for attacks on nightspots in Indonesia revives its paramilitary wing.
The Tajik Supreme Court hands down 11 death sentences and 74 jail terms to Islamic militants found guilty of murder and kidnap.
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says he has sent troops into neighbouring Somalia pursuing militant Islamist group al-Ittihad.
A 17-year-old Palestinian and his grandfather are among the dead as Israeli forces seek out militants.
Eight people are charged with financing and supporting a Palestinian militant group, including a university professor.
The suicide bombings by Palestinian militants continue despite Israel's military actions on the West Bank and Gaza.
A witness tells the trial of former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic he served in a group allegedly controlled by the former president.
Norway says it is to expel Mullah Krekar, the leader of Islamic militant group Ansar al-Islami, allegedly linked to al-Qaeda.
Palestinians in Gaza speak of fierce fighting between Israeli troops and armed militants, after Israel launches a major incursion into Gaza City.
Palestinians fire rockets into Israel to avenge the deaths of 11 people killed by Israeli troops in Gaza City.
Pakistan's downing of an unmanned Indian aircraft comes at a time of heightened tension, says the BBC's Paul Anderson in Islamabad.
Who are the Kashmir militants?
News Online examines the changing nature of the numerous militant groups trying to wrest control of Indian-administered Kashmir from Delhi.
A bomb blast in the northern Gaza Strip kills four Israeli soldiers and destroys a tank, in an attack by Palestinian militants.
Two-and-a-half years of fighting have all but extinguished any common ground that existed between Israel and the Palestinians on the diplomatic front. BBC News Online examines the main issues behind the violence.
The United States military says it is unaware of civilian casualties following bombing raids by US forces against suspected militants.
Two men accused of plotting to raise money for al-Qaeda had militant Islamic extremist videos, a court hears.
Israel's chief-of-staff says a war against Iraq would reshape the Middle East, as Israeli police say they thwarted a suicide attack.
Pakistan's acting High Commissioner in Delhi tells the BBC that Indian claims he handed money to Kashmiri militants are "rubbish".
A woman is killed as Israeli troops raze a house in a Palestinian refugee camp in the Gaza Strip said to belong to a militant's family.
Israel's Shin Bet secret service says it has detained a 17th member of a group it holds responsible for a series of attacks on Israelis.
Pakistani officials board a plane in Lahore and arrest two suspected militants minutes before their flight was due to leave for the Gulf.
Indonesian police begin interrogating the man they say heads the Singapore branch of regional militant group Jemaah Islamiah.
The High Court in Delhi has dismissed a petition by an Indian woman to set aside aside her five-year prison sentence for aiding militants who attacked the Indian parliament in December, 2001.
A woman linked to the December 2001 attack loses an appeal against her jail term, as three co-accused prepare to fight death sentences.
Police arrest a man they say is head of the Singapore arm of regional militant group Jemaah Islamiah, as a small bomb hits Jakarta's police HQ.
Police in Indian-administered Kashmir say suspected militants have killed a journalist in the summer capital, Srinagar.
Police in Pakistan's tribal belt say 21 suspected militants have been released on the orders of the provincial authorities.
A young Hamas militant and a second Palestinian die in a gun battle with Israeli troops in Jenin as a security clampdown continues.
The Pakistani Government is again forced to react to comments by US officials that it is not stopping anti-Indian militants in Kashmir.
Troops put Hebron in the West Bank under curfew in the first big operation since the election and kill suspected militants in other raids.
BBC News Online profiles Jafar Umar Thalib, the former leader of Indonesia's now-disbanded militant Islamic group Laskar Jihad.
Indonesia's police chief formally blames the regional Muslim militant group Jemaah Islamiah for the bombings in Bali last October.
Malaysian police arrest two men, including a member of the country's military, on suspicion of belonging to a group linked to al-Qaeda.
Spain's prime minister says police have thwarted a "major terrorist attack", following the arrest of 16 suspected al-Qaeda militants.
The US says Pakistan is serving as a "platform for terrorism" and must stop militants crossing into Indian-administered Kashmir.
At least seven people have been killed in separate acts of violence in Indian-administered Kashmir.
The new government in Indian-administered Kashmir is planning to recruit local volunteers to counter separatist militants.
Palestinian militants pledge to continue attacks within Israel, turning their back on a one-year ceasefire reportedly proposed by Egypt.
Two masked gunmen cause panic at an Indian temple - but leave without causing any damage.
Israeli forces kill two teenagers and a mentally-ill man, as the authorities in Jerusalem demolish the homes of Palestinian militants.
An Iraqi Kurd believed to be the head of a radical Islamic group is deported from the Netherlands to Norway, where he has refugee status.
The Islamic militant group calls on Baghdad to use suicide bombers against the US military if it goes into Iraq.
Singapore says it has discovered close ties between JI - blamed for the Bali bombing - and other regional Islamic militants.
Suspected militants kill 10 members of the security forces and a family of five, upping the toll to 100 since the weekend.
The Palestinian suicide bombing in Tel Aviv shattered a relative lull in Israel - but more than 45 Palestinians were killed in December alone.
Israel orders more military operations against Palestinian militants and bars officials from attending talks in the UK, after suicide bombers kill 23.
Israel tells its forces to step up the fight against militants after two suicide bombers blew themselves up and killed 23 others in Tel Aviv.
Suspected militants kill more than 40 soldiers and 13 members of two families in attacks in Algeria, local media report.
Dozens of suspected Islamic militants are being questioned in Yemen, after the killings of three US missionaries there.
People in Indian- administered Kashmir have no real hopes of peace in the new year, says the BBC's Altaf Hussain.
The United States calls for improved protection for its citizens in Yemen after the killings of three American missionaries.
A leading militant group in Indian-administered Kashmir urges an end to attacks on police, and calls for gunmen to target soldiers instead.
Police in Indian-administered Kashmir say three suspected militants were killed in clashes with the army in two areas in Poonch district.
The leader of an outlawed guerrilla group is released from house arrest following a court order two weeks ago that incensed India.
Three Americans are shot dead and a fourth injured by a suspected Islamic militant in an attack at a missionary hospital in Yemen.
Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon justifies the killing of selected Palestinian militants as necessary, amid a marked rise in violence.
In his last weekly radio address of 2002, President George W Bush promises to hunt down terrorists and to disarm Iraq.
Suspected Palestinian militants kill four Israelis at a West Bank settlement as a car bomb explodes in central Jerusalem.
A group of suspected Islamic militants arrested in Paris were planning to attack the Russian embassy there, the French interior ministry says.
Four more suspected Islamic militants are detained in a Paris suburb, as part of investigations into possible terror attacks in France.
A famous temple in India's Rajasthan state takes out insurance to protect devotees and cover property in case of a militant attack.
Israeli forces shoot dead at least seven Palestinians, including four militants and return to central Bethlehem after pulling out for Christmas.
Four people including an Islamic cleric are detained in Pakistan after an attack on a church in which three children are killed.
A soldier and a suspected Abu Sayyaf militant die in a gun battle as the death toll from Tuesday's Mindanao bombing rises to 16.
Christians in many parts of the world celebrate Christmas under tight security, following a spate of deadly attacks by Islamic militants.
Troops shoot a wanted man dead in the West Bank town of Nablus and seize 16 people overnight.
The conviction of Nasser Abu Hamid could add fuel to Israel's case against popular Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti.
A court in the city of Lahore blocks any attempt to extradite three men arrested last week on suspicion of links to al-Qaeda.
A preliminary hearing is held in a $40m lawsuit involving 38 people caught up in October's theatre siege by Chechen militants.
An al-Qaeda suspect arrested recently in the United Arab Emirates was planning to blow up "vital economic targets", officials say.
The main separatist alliance in Indian Kashmir says it will try to broker a ceasefire with militants if India commits to peace talks.
Palestinian officials say Israeli troops shot dead two militants in an ambush near the West Bank town of Jenin.
Indian troops say they have killed three senior militants in Indian-administer Kashmir in a fierce clash near Srinagar.
The BBC's Jonathan Head reflects on the bombing of the Indonesian holiday island of Bali in October.
Police say three children have been shot dead in an overnight attack by suspected Islamic militants in Indian-administered Kashmir.
One man is killed and at least eight injured after an explosion on a bus in the southern city of Hyderabad.
A young Palestinian girl and a suspected militant are killed in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli troops continue to blockade roads in the area.
Police say one of five people killed in an explosion was the country's most-wanted militant, Asif Ramzi.
Pakistani police arrest four militants they say had been planning suicide attacks in the city of Karachi.
The French interior ministry says four suspected Islamic militants arrested on Monday were "without doubt" planning one or several attacks.
Police in Indian-administered Kashmir say a member of the state assembly and three women have died in separate incidents of violence.
Police in Indian-administered Kashmir say that suspected militants have killed three young women in their homes.
The Pakistani authorities are to carry out DNA tests on body parts to establish if they are those of a leading militant linked to a number of attacks.
Nine members of a doctor's family - including American and Canadian passport holders - are arrested with FBI help in Lahore.
The United States donates hi-tech equipment worth over $4m to help Pakistan track down suspected Islamic militants along its border.
French police seize chemicals at the home of suspected Islamic militants, as reports speak of a possible plot to poison water supplies.
Prison officials in Pakistan say the leader of a banned Kashmir militant group remains under house arrest two days after a court ordered his release.
A Kashmir militant, whose group India blames for attacking its parliament, is still under house arrest two days after a court ordered him freed.
Three Palestinians, including two Hamas militants, are shot dead by Israeli soldiers in two incidents in the Gaza Strip.
Four Palestinians found guilty of planning suicide attacks which killed 35 people are handed down lengthy jail terms by an Israeli court.
Kashmir's year ends as it began, with violence, but as the BBC's Sanjoy Majumder reports, there was one sign of hope.
The army in Indian-administered Kashmir says its soldiers have discovered a surface-to-air missile in a suspected hideout for separatist militants.
Police in the Indian capital, Delhi, say they have killed two suspected militants in an exchange of fire.
Delhi lambasts Pakistan after a court frees an Islamic militant leader, whose group India blames for attacking its parliament a year ago.
The Bali bombings may represent a shift in tactics by the Islamic group Jemaah Islamiah, says the International Crisis Group.


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July 03, 2019 Music » Sound Stories & Interviews
Artist Fact Sheet: Trombone Shorty
The 33-year-old musician brings the soul of New Orleans to Bend
By Isaac Biehl @biehltalk
Funky times are ahead at the Les Schwab Amphitheater, as Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue come to Bend July 5 to get the summer popping.
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Growing up, Andrews used to play in the French Quarter with his older brother James. Sometimes they'd each take home $400 for playing their music.
In New Orleans, and Louisiana in general, music is a part of the culture that flows as freely as air. On two separate occasions during interviews this year, artists have mentioned their time there as a critical influence for their latest projects. If you're looking to get close to that feeling without actually being in New Orleans, then a performance from Troy Andrews and company might be the closest you'll get.
The man they call Trombone Shorty has been making music since he was literally a toddler. Since those early days, Andrews has become a well-known musician, multi-instrumentalist, producer, rapper and actor. He's really an artist in every sense of the word.
Learn more about the Grammy-nominated artist before he and the crew from Orleans Avenue arrive in Bend with this Artist Fact Sheet.
Where he's from: New Orleans, baby! Andrews has been playing in festivals and parades since he was 4 years old. He was even a band leader by the age of 6.
What's to like about the music: Andrews combines a little jazz, soul, blues, hip-hop and rock all together to form a sound that's undeniably fun. He describes it as "Supafunkrock." Seeing the energy between Andrews and Orleans Avenue on stage is about as electric as it can get.
Songs to start with: "Here Come the Girls," "Long Weekend," "You and I (Outta This Place)" and "Unc" – a song on which Andrews plays every instrument.
For fans of: Rebirth Brass Band, The Roots, Raphael Saadiq
Random internet dig fact: Andrews is the author of a children's book, a five-time performer at The White House and also an actor. Most recently he voiced the adults in the 2015 "Peanuts" movie, using nothing but his trombone to create the classic "wah-wah" stylings of classic adult Peanuts conversations.
Social Handles:
Facebook: @TromboneShorty
Twitter: @tromboneshorty
Instagram: @tromboneshorty
Fri., July 5, 6:30pm.
Les Schwab Amphitheater
344 Shevlin Hixon Dr., Bend
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Isaac is living proof that "Iowa Nice" is actually a thing. A journalism graduate from Iowa State University, he regularly writes about music, the outdoors and the arts/culture scene. Isaac loves the Trail Blazers, backpacking and a good IPA. He plans to one day win Survivor. Your move, Jeff Probst...
Speaking of Les Schwab Amphitheater, live Music
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MUDr. Ladislav Richard Schramm (21. února 1915 Šahy – 19. prosince 1984 Lučenec) byl slovenský lékař, klavírista a hudební skladatel.

Život
Ladislav Richard Schramm studoval na gymnáziu ve svém rodném městě. V Šahách také získal základní hudební vzdělání u paní Júlie Tóthové. V roce 1931 začal studovat hudbu u prof. Štefana Németha-Šamorínskeho v Bratislavě a později pokračoval u prof. Alexandra Moyzese na Hudební a dramatické akademii v Bratislavě. V letech 1932–1941 studoval medicínu na Lékařské fakultě Univerzity Pétera Pázmánya v Budapešti. Vedle toho účinkoval jako klavírista v bratislavském rozhlase a začal komponovat populární písně. V roce 1934 mu vyšla tiskem jeho první úspěšná píseň "Do tvojich modrých očí" a v následujících letech složil na 200 písní. Během studia v Budapešti hrál na klavír v různých barech a zkomponoval i svou první operetu Zajímavá žena.

Po promoci působil jako vojenský lékař v různých lazaretech a nemocnicích Bulharska a Rumunska. Oženil se s Agnešou ze Satu Mare z Rumunska, se kterou měl dvě děti. Po skončení války pracoval jako obvodní lékař v Trnavě a v Jelce v okrese Galanta. V Jelce založil orchestr složený převážně z cikánských hudebníků a nastudoval s ním svou operetu Néma lány (Němé děvče) na motivy románu Móra Jókaiho Gróf bláznov alebo Príbehy zo starého kaštieľa. V roce 1959 odešel do Poltára, kde působil jako okresní posudkový lékař. V Poltáru vznikla většina jeho operet, které uváděl vesměs s amatérským souborem vytvořeným z místních hudebníků.

V roce 1974 se přestěhoval do Lučence, kde vykonával funkci krajského posudkového lékaře až do odchodu do důchodu v roce 1980. V důchodu ještě vyučoval hře na klavír a pracoval jako turistický průvodce. Zemřel na rakovinu v lučenecké nemocnici 19. prosince 1984. Je pochován v rodinné hrobce v Šahách.

Dílo
Schrammovo dílo je rozsáhlé. Nedosáhlo takové popularity jako skladby jiných autorů slovenské populární hudby, jako byl např. Gejza Dusík nebo Ján Móry, patrně však proto, že žil na venkově mimo velká města.

Operety
 Zajímavá žena
 Němé děvče
 Jozefka z malej krčmičky
 Prievan
 Kuruci
 Zlatokopi
 Karol a tí druhí

Písně
 Agneša
 Budem ťa večne ľúbiť
 Hraj, cigáň!
 Zbohom buď dievčatko
 V tajomnom bare
 Biely orgován
 Tak tíško tu chodí láska
 Pilo by sa pilo, keby bolo za čo

Literatura
 Československý hudební slovník osob a institucí II. (M–Ž), 1965, Státní hudební vydavatelství, Praha, s. 495

Externí odkazy
 Život a dílo

Slovenští hudební skladatelé
Slovenští lékaři
Skladatelé operet
Skladatelé populární hudby
Narození 21. února
Narození v roce 1915
Narození v Šahách
Úmrtí 19. prosince
Úmrtí v roce 1984
Úmrtí v Lučenci
Muži

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Lázaro Francisco (1898-1980), National Artist for Literature, had his share of tragedies.
One of the children by his first wife Pelagia Duran, Isagani I, died in infancy, and Pelagia herself passed away after only seven years of marriage. His youngest brother David Francisco and first son Lázaro Francisco Jr., by his second wife Trinidad Arrieta (Miss Nueva Ecija), both unsung heroes of World War II, were killed in the Bataan frontlines in 1942.
Out of Lázaro's grief emerged "Sugat ng Alaala," the novel which for me is his most affecting and memorable, although critical consensus is that his last, "Daluyong," is his finest.
Ka Saró's youngest son Hernani, tall, well-built and a champion swimmer, died in the Pampanga River at the age of 18 while trying to save a friend. Rescuers seached for his body for days, to no avail. Then one night an uncle dreamed about Hernani—actually heard his voice saying, "Tio, andito ako (uncle, I am here). The following day Hernani's body was found, in the exact place he pinpointed in the dream.
And eldest grandson Lázaro Francisco III, "who passed the New York Bar on first take while it took John Kennedy Jr. three times," died of cancer in 1990.
The Francisco family was originally from Orani, Bataan at a time of tension between Catholics and Protestants (in the North it was Catholics against Aglipayans). The Franciscos were Methodists and overzealous Catholics made life difficult from them, so the family moved to Cabanatuan City, worked in the government, wrote his powerful novels of social injustice in Central Luzon, and lived the rest of his life.
His works were first serialized in Liwayway magazine, readers breathlessly awaiting each installment.
Often bypassed for the National Artist Award, he was finally given this coveted honor (posthumous at that) in 2009, during the second Aquino administration.
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Robert Gordon "Bobby" Orr, (born March 20, 1948) is a retired ice hockey player. A defenceman, he is considered to be one of the greatest hockey players of all time. He played his National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Boston Bruins, with the exception of two brief seasons with the Chicago Black Hawks.
Orr won two Stanley Cup championships with the Bruins when Boston defeated the St. Louis Blues in the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals in four games and the New York Rangers in the 1972 Stanley Cup Finals in six games, scoring the clinching goals in both series, and was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP both years. He also led Boston to the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals where they were defeated by the Philadelphia Flyers in six games. Winning a record eight Norris Trophies as the league's best defenceman, Orr is often credited for revolutionizing his position. He remains the only defenceman to have won the league scoring title with two Art Ross Trophies and holds the record for most points and assists in a single season by a defenceman.
Orr retired having scored 270 goals and 645 assists in 657 games, adding 953 penalty minutes. At the time of his retirement, he was the leading defenceman in league history in goals, assists and points, tenth overall in assists and 19th in points. The only players in league history to have averaged more points per game than Orr are Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Mike Bossy.
Orr inspired the game of hockey with his command of the two-way game, which was unique for a defenceman. Defencemen with goal-scoring ability were not common in the NHL before his arrival. Orr was unique in that he could score goals as well, and he influenced countless defencemen who followed him. His speed, most notably a rapid acceleration, and his open-ice artistry electrified fans as he set almost every conceivable record for a defenceman. In contrast to the style of hanging back defensive play common in the later 1950s and 1960s, Orr was known for his fluid skating and end-to-end rushing. Orr's rushing enabled him to be where the puck was, allowing him not only to score effectively but also defend when necessary. According to longtime Bruins coach and general manager Harry Sinden, "Bobby became a star in the NHL about the time they played the National Anthem for his first game with us."
Orr also benefited from playing most of his career in Boston Garden, which was nine feet (2.7 m) shorter and two feet (0.6 m) narrower than the standard NHL rink. This suited his rushing style very well, as he was able to get from one end of the ice to the other faster than in a standard rink.
His style of play was also hard on his knees and shortened his career. "It was the way I played," Orr has said. "I liked to carry the puck and if you do that, you're going to get hit. I wish I'd played longer, but I don't regret it." Orr stated in 2008. "I had a style — when you play, you play all-out. I tried to do things. I didn't want to sit back. I wanted to be involved."
The NHL waived the mandatory three-year waiting period for induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame and he was enshrined at age 31—the youngest player ever to be inducted, and one of only ten players to get in without having to wait three years. "Losing Bobby", said Gordie Howe, "was the greatest blow the National Hockey League has ever suffered." One of Orr's lasting legacies is that his popularity helped to cement the expansion of the NHL in America. His number 4 jersey was retired by the Bruins in January 1979. At the ceremony, the crowd at Boston Garden would not stop applauding and as a result, most of the evening's program had to be scrapped at the last second owing to the constant cheering.
He has been honoured with his name recorded on Canada's Walk of Fame. A museum exists in his honour in his hometown of Parry Sound called the Bobby Orr Hall of Fame. In 1979, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.


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SUSTAINING PEACE: TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED APPROACH THAT PUTS LOCAL WOMEN'S VOICES AND RIGHTS AT THE CENTER.
Sustaining peace is a multipronged integrated approach that involves putting local women's voices and rights at the center. It is a shift from crisis response to a more proactive conflict prevention approach. This requires reorienting work around amplifying local women's meaningful participation and root cause analysis for peace.
Effective gendered conflict analysis involves a participatory process that engages and utilizes the experience of diverse stakeholders. This process aims at changing structural power for gender equality and women's human rights. This process becomes critical if the United Nations and International Community are to effectively support the participation and rights of at risk and marginalized communities, take a holistic approach to prevention that strengthens women's human rights and reduces armed and violent conflict resolution, including by addressing violent masculinities and disarmament.
A commitment to gendered conflict analysis prioritizes increased partnerships with women civil society as key stakeholders and this drives measures towards ensuring their substantive participation. This goes beyond the tokenism of numbers to concrete engagement in the development of targeted interventions, which are contextually relevant and appropriate. It also requires creating an enabling environment for women civil society that ensures access, justice and increases core ongoing sustained funding and political support for our work.
We commend the increased number of civil society speakers to address the UN Security Council in 2017, the Security Council Lake Chad Basin Mission that prioritized early meetings with civil society, increased engagement of UNSG's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict with civil society.
I had the opportunity of watching an American produced movie "Hidden Figures" the movie narrates and visualizes the different realities of three NASA female mathematicians – Octavia Spencer, Jenelle Monae and Taraji Henson across gender and race lines to help launch astronaut Glen Powell into outer space. This movie reminds me of how women represent hidden figures in conflict prevention, transformation and peace building processes. We live and work within structures that continuously exclude, discriminate and stereotype women. We hear talks that are in dissonance with the actions been implemented on ground. We would keep pushing and advocating for an integrated approach that puts the rights and perspectives of women at the center of sustaining peace.
Women, Peace and Security issues are one of the most recognized agendas at the UN, yet funding for gender equality and women's movement building remains inadequate. In 2012 through to 2013, only two percent of aid to peace and security for fragile states targeted gender equality, from 2010 through to 2015, financial support allocated by major donor countries to promote gender equality dropped by more than fifty percent. Of 74 UNSCR1325 National Action Plans adopted to date, only twenty three percent include some allocated budget for implementation. Continuously, we witness gender-blind national budgets, which have resulted in cuts in public health and social services expenditure contributing to the feminization of poverty and further deepening gender inequality.
As part of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's over 100 years of action for an integrated approach to peace and security, we call for action on sustaining peace to put women's participation and rights at the center of conflict prevention and sustaining peace. In particular, we call for a gendered conflict analysis across the UN system that is based on local women's perspectives, for partnerships to priorities women civil society as key stakeholders, and financing that substantially scales up funding for gender equality including core, ongoing support for women civil society.
Finally, sustaining peace requires consistent and committed political will to move out of the comfort zone and challenge dominant narratives on gender, conflict analysis and power. And, the big reflective question I leave with us today is, beyond the rhetoric, are we committed to taking the bold steps that ensures an inclusive, accountable demilitarized approach to sustaining peace?


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Q: Get Port Number for Apache Tomcat I am having fun creating my first NSIS installer:

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*Aborts if 32bit

*Checks for a JRE - installs if not

*Option to install Tomcat (embedded installer)

*Option to deploy WARs (potentially this could be in the above Tomcat or another instance on the same box)

(Here is the entire script if need be.)
I am thinking of using ReadRegStr to try and present the user with a list of available Tomcat instances.
However, what I was hoping to do...
Conundrum:
At the end of the NSIS script, I wanted to dump some shortcuts on the Desktop with links to the application that gets deployed under Tomcat.
However, from registry entries alone, I cannot get at the port number.
What is the best approach here?  I imagine I need to dive into a config file under the Tomcat folder or is their a simpler way?

Slightly related Q

A: You can write the command to list out the ports(netstat -a or any other command) in a test.bat file and execute it during installation using the  below command
ExecCMD::Exec $PLUGINSDIR\test.bat
This will open the command prompt and list the details of the ports.
Note: you require the plugin to execute .bat files in NSIS

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Main Street Theater To Present MACBETH MUET This January
This is a not-to-be missed, brilliant, hilarious, inventive, thrilling, one hour version of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Main Street Theater (MST) is bringing back Canadian theater company La Fille Du Laitier and its production of Macbeth Muet to Houston January 27 - 30, 2023.
This is a not-to-be missed, brilliant, hilarious, inventive, thrilling, one hour version of Shakespeare's Macbeth. MST Artistic Director Rebecca Greene Udden first saw La Fille Du Laitier's Macbeth Muet in New York several years ago and was captivated by their innovation and ingenuity.
"You've just never seen anything quite like it!" says Udden. "And the show is hilarious!" MST brought the show to Houston in 2018 and is excited to bring La Fille Du Laitier back in 2023.
Macbeth Muet runs January 27 - 30, 2023 at Ovations in Rice Village, 2536 Times Blvd. Performances are at 7:30pm. Tickets are Pay-What-You-Can. All tickets are on sale via phone at 713.524.6706 or online at MainStreetTheater.com.
Shakespeare's classic is performed entirely without words as the ultimate power couple is transformed through their dark and fateful choices in this hilarious, high-speed romp of object theatre, dance, and pure madness. For ages 13+
La Fille du Laitier is a theatre delivery service, "bringing creative and innovative theatre to your doorstep! We want to reinterpret and reimagine theatre classics, bringing them to a modern audience, both young and old, at an affordable price. La Fille du Laitier believes in reclaiming our right to madness, and the freedom of the imagination!" www.lafilledulaitier.com
While the production at Main Street will be performed in the theater itself, La Fille du Laitier generally performs out of a mobile theatre truck, just like the food trucks you see around any city. Performances could happen at any time, surprising the community with performances they might not normally get the chance to see. Their goal is to initiate people from the community into art they might not normally go out to experience, or have the money to afford.
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Interview: Co-Stage Directors Nicole Kenley-Miller and Lawrence Edelson Share With Us the World of SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM at the University Of Houston
For this weekend only, the University of Houston will be presenting SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM, a musical revue of the work of Stephen Sondheim. Co-stage directors of the production Nicole Kenley-Miller and Lawrence Edelson shared an inside scoop about the unique show and the collaboration that has gone into building this truly special production.
Main Street Theater Presents Thomas Gibbons' PERMANENT COLLECTION
Main Street Theater (MST) is presenting Thomas Gibbons' riveting play, Permanent Collection. Inspired by events at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, one of the world's greatest collections of impressionist, post-impressionist & modern art, the play explores the impact of race and racial equity on society, through the lens of visual art.
Brave Little Company Presents GRANDPA'S GARDEN
In observance of Black History Month, Brave Little Company will partner with 5 venues to present Grandpa's Garden, an original musical. This immersive and interactive piece for kids aged 5-12 and their families explores Black history through an encounter with the fictional Hollis family, and their traditions of gardening and making music.
A NUMBER Opens Rec Room Arts 2023 Season Of Plays In Downtown Houston
Rec Room Arts has announced the opening of A NUMBER by Caryl Churchill. Preview performances begin on February 2, 2023 with an official press opening night on Saturday, February 4, 2023.
Broadway Comes To Kipling! Stage Right Theatrical Institute Announces Summer Program
Stage Right Theatrical Institute created, in partnership with The Kipling School, a one of a kind all-day, 4-Week, Theatrical Summer Program for elementary and middle school students taught by Broadway and New York professionals.
Houston Grand Opera Presents Sensory-Friendly MONKEY AND FRANCINE IN THE CITY OF TIGERS Next Month
Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will present a sensory-friendly performance of Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers, part of its Opera to Go! series specifically designed to create a welcoming and supportive environment for families with members on the autism spectrum and other sensory sensitivities, at the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC on Saturday, February 4. The event is free and open to the public.
Winners Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Houston Awards
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Christopher Springer Duo
An event every 2 weeks that begins at 3:00 pm on Saturday, repeating until May 31, 2021
Jupiter Inlet, 1111 Love Street
Jupiter, FL 33477 United States
From the south, born and raised, comes the sounds of Christopher Springer...A mix of soft rock, hip hop, hints of reggae, gospel, and poetry delivered in a laid back acoustic tone. Inspiration comes from a variety of music, including country, punk, hip hop, r&b, gospel and more.
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"If you change your mind, here's this." Finn Lanigan kissed a young Blythe Heywood one last time under a star-scattered Idaho sky. It was the last kiss that ever weakened her knees, the last sky she noticed for over a dozen years. Then she left, returning to her fiancé, the wedding she'd committed to, and the secure life she'd yearned for since she was a little girl.
Thirteen years later, her husband leaves Blythe for his young associate. Devastated, she's unable to imagine the next chapter of her life as she packs her family's belongings to move across town. Unexpectedly, she finds the forgotten slip of paper bearing Finn's phone number in the back of a drawer.
Hadn't she tossed it years before as a newlywed, when she vowed to be the perfect wife and mother? Apparently not. Here it remained. Her road not taken.
Facing three weeks without her young daughters, Blythe sets out to find the man she left behind so long ago. With only the name of the small town where he once lived, Peregrine, Idaho, and the memory of their last kiss under a starry sky, she heads across the Pacific Northwest in search of him.
What she finds in the foothills of Blue Mountain challenges everything she thought she knew and is the very last thing she expected. Within days, her life changes forever. But it is her destiny and destinies cannot be denied.
Nothing was as it seemed……. the description was good, the characters were well developed, and the plot was wonderful. I can't wait to read more of Tess Thompson's books! This was a first for me, and I'm hooked! I've already downloaded the next book in the series, "Blue Moon"……… You have a new follower Tess!
In the spirit of Nicholas Sparks, with intrigue, romance and unexpected plot twists, Blue Moon is a wonderful escape. I enjoyed the quirky Portland descriptions, I may fall in the sensible shoe and fleece wearing demographic. The characters are vivid and and their relationships well developed. I enjoyed the humor and honest dialogue. I am looking forward to the next book in this trilogy.
I am a huge huge fan of Tess Thompson's books. Her character development and ability to bring them to real life always amazes me. I love them, I hate some of them, but the emotions I feel as I read are so real. Her ability to weave a dreamy background and interweave several plot lines just makes reading her novels a huge loving rowdy fun dreamy journey.
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Reading charities face uncertainty as council funds change
Readibus, Berkshire Women's Aid and Healthwatch Reading will have to change the way they do business with the council
Linda Fort
Readibus- one of the charities facing change
Three leading charities in Reading face a brave new world of financial uncertainty as they move away from the system which saw them receiving council grants every year.
Readibus, Berkshire Women's Aid and Healthwatch Reading have been separated from Reading Borough Council's "Narrowing the Gap" process for giving grants to voluntary groups.
Healthwatch, the national consumer champion for health and social care, carries out work that falls within the council's statutory duties and a review of its services will be carried out in the coming year.
Readibus, which runs a dial-a-ride bus service for people who cannot use regular buses, and Berkshire Women's Aid, which support victims of domestic violence, will be able to tender for contracts which may have a "significantly wider scope than their current grants".
However, the tendering process is an open one and cannot guarantee these two Reading-based charities will win the contract in the end.
A report to the policy committee on Monday, March 14, says: "Reading Borough Council has a strong relationship with our local community and voluntary sector and is proud of its long-standing investment in its services.
"In a climate of reducing funds, the council recognises that the sector is also facing unprecedented challenges and together we need to make some difficult decisions about how we respond.
Voluntary groups facing change
Austerity cuts
Narrowing the gap
Voluntary sector talks
"Voluntary sector services sit alongside statutory support and often reduce the need for the latter.
"Investing in services which offer effective early intervention to avert crises therefore makes sound economic sense as well as enabling people to live more fulfilling lives."
The policy committee will be asked to agree to three sums of money in grants to the three charities to tide them over as they move towards the changing system.
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The committee will be asked to give a grant of £56,000 to Berkshire Women's Aid to allow outreach services to continue and "to align time-scales for tendering of a new service specification".
Healthwatch Reading will receive a part-year grant of £136,000 to allow the council to fulfil its statutory duty by providing a local Healthwatch service and an NHS complaints advocacy service.
Readibus will get six months' funding - half its £390,000 annual grant - so the dial-a-ride service can continue while a report is prepared for the June policy committee on the proposed time-scales for tendering for a new service specification.
All three voluntary groups have been in separate discussions with the council about the changes taking place.
Liz Terry, chief executive of Berkshire Women's Aid, said the charity had been operating in Berkshire for 40 years and had seen a number of changes in the way it received funding.
She said BWA had already gone through the process in Bracknell and won the contract again, but also acknowledged that a supported housing contract in West Berkshire had gone to the A2Dominion housing association instead.
She said: "It is true that we will have to compete through a tendering process because that is the law."
But she added: "Obviously I think it would be an absolute travesty, if after 40 years an organisation like this could not go on providing support for women who have experienced domestic violence."
She said it was likely BWA would have to go through a similar process in Wokingham before long.


"Sovok", relatively new and very popular word in post-soviet Russia, used by Russian people to describe a person, born and grown up in the Soviet Union, who is completely saturated by old soviet socialist/communist propaganda and whose psychology and opinions did not change at all from the time of the Soviet Union; it is used as kind of a disdainful word. For more than 70 years communist propaganda in the USSR screamed about creating a "real soviet person" – I think "sovok" is the "real soviet person".
Sometime ago I have come across with great paper in which a Russian author gives very good description of the word. I cannot find this paper in my files but in earlier times I have taken notes of the basic thoughts of the paper and, below, I tried to translate those thoughts to English. If the reader does not like or does not understand the thoughts below it is not the reader's fault and it is not the Russian author's fault, it is entirely my fault as a translator. Following are those thoughts in English.
"I have written this article after long meditation. I do not lay claim to comprehensive analysis, I only share some conclusions, gathered from everyday life, with you….
Soviet experiment has changed European code of Russian nation. The nation, which was an integral part of Europe, has become … the "sovok" nation.
"Sovok" is not an European. It is a human being with inferiority complex, who is a lackey to any authorities and maliciously envious other human beings.
"Sovok" is a cowardly creature, which is afraid of its own shadow and its own words, its own thoughts and actions.
"Sovok" stands up straight at attention, looks and behaves as a slave, when he hears Stalin's name. He believes that Stalin is "the sun of the world" and that dissidents and other people, who does not think as he, have sold their souls to pindos* for a cookie.
"Sovok" always behaves as a paternalist, but since he does not know meaning of the word, prefers to call himself erroneously a pofigist.
"Sovok" likes celebrations, symbols, imported equipment, šhmótki (clothes, threads, belongings), cars. He likes to talk about problems in Honduras, but may hardly find Yakutia on his country map.
"Sovok" is afraid of Government, but… But when an opportunity presents itself he will rob it without fail. By word of mouth he loudly criticizes corruption, but if he started stealing himself, then to tear him off "trough" is possible only by tearing his skin.
"Sovok" says that he is a Christian, but 90% of them have never read the Bible; and they go a church not more often than they go to an Opera.
"Sovok" likes to read, but he does not read serious books, he likes reading cheap yellow newspapers.
"Sovok" likes TV. Sitting on a coach, he is fighting with entire world, "shows rotting Western countries what's what" (it is not very good translation of infamous Khrushchev expression used by Nikita Khrushchev in his speeches - показывать "кузькину мать").
"Sovok" is greedy, he is raised in a socialist system of so-called "blat"**, where is no culture but is deficit - a lack or shortage of everything (food, cloth, books, living space, etc).
"Sovok" is, by word of mouth, for piece in whole world, by he is dying to trample down "flower beds of his neighbor" by his boot.
This epic tale about "sovok" maybe continued endlessly, but what for? "Sovok" defeated Russian character! He has overcome nation with thousand-year history, which now more often calls itself "Soviet People" than Russian Nation.
Советский эксперимент изменил европейский код русской нации. Нации, которая была неотъемлемой частью Европы, стала...совковой.
Совок - не европеец. Это закомплексованное человеческое существо с холуйской позицией по отношению к начальству и злобно-завистливой в отношениях к себе подобным.
Совок - трусливое существо, которое боится своей тени и речи, своих мыслей и поступков.
Совок вытягивается в струнку, истекая слюной раболепия, когда слышит имя - Сталин. Он считает его "светилом мира", а диссидентов и иных несогласных - продавшимися за печеньем пиндосам.
Совок - всегда патерналист, правда, не зная значения этого слова, предпочитает называть себя пофигистом.
Совок любит праздники, символы, импортную технику, шмотки, авто. Любит порассуждать про проблемы Гондураса, но с трудом находит Якутию на карте своей страны.
Совок боится государства, но… При появляющиеся возможности обязательно обворует его. На словах громко критикует коррупцию, но уж если сам сел "на кормление", то отодрать его от "корыта" можно только с кожей.
Совок называет себя христианином, но 90% из них никогда не читали Библию, а церковь они ходят не чаще, чем в оперный театр.
Совок любит читать, но не серьезные книги, а дешевые желтые газетёнки.
Совок любит "ящик". Сидя на диване, он воюет со всем миром, показывает "кузькину мать" странам "загнивающего" Запада.
Совок жаден, он воспитан в системе т.н. блата, где нет культуры, но имеется дефицит.
Совок на словах за мир во всем мире, но жаждет своим сапогом потоптать "грядки соседа".
Этот сказ про совка можно продолжать бесконечно, но к чему? Совок победил русскость! Он одолел нацию с тысячелетней историей, которая сейчас чаще себя называет "советским народом", чем российской нацией.
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A major food supplier recalled hundreds of items due to potential contamination.
CRF Frozen Foods of Pasco, Washington initially recalled just 15 items last week, but according to Huffington Post, the recall expanded to 358 frozen veggie and fruit items.
These items were sold to chains like Trader Joe's and Costco in all 50 states under 42 brand names such as Trader Joe's, Kirkland Signature, Emerald Farms and Great Value.
An announcement from the US Food and Drug Administration stated the items may have been contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes.
Consuming contaminated items could lead to severe and even fatal infections, especially for children, elderly individuals and anyone with a weakened immune system.
Symptoms for healthy adults may only be limited to fever, headaches, nausea and diarrhea, but Listeria can additionally lead to miscarriages and stillbirths if consumed by pregnant women.
Seven people in three states have so far been hospitalized from the bacterium. Two of these seven people died, but Listeria was not the official cause of death in either case.
The potentially contaminated items have best-by or sell-by dates between April 26, 2016 and April 26, 2018, and they may have been sold to four Canadian provinces and all 50 US states.
They include organic and non-organic broccoli, butternut squash, carrots, cauliflower, corn, edamame, green beans, Italian beans, kale, leeks, lima beans, onions, peas, pepper strips, potatoes, potato medley, root medley, spinach, sweet potatoes, various vegetable medleys and more.
Customers who purchased these items are advised to throw them away or take them back to their places of purchase where the customers will reportedly receive full refunds.
Operations at CRF's Pasco facility have been shut down since April 25 so an investigation can determine the source of the contamination.


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i feel as though i should be writing up some massive post recapping the last week and my road trip. partially because i feel i owe it to myself to expel it from my brain and record it all for future reference. partially because i feel i ought to fill in people who care about where i've been and what i've been off doing. but mostly, just because it seems like that's what's supposed to be done.
first things first, I must thank Chad, Jesse, and Nicole for letting me come and hang out with them while I meandered about. I had a great time hanging out with you, as well as Heather, who probably won't even read this, so thanking her becomes futile.
* Drove all day Saturday, stopped for the night in western West Virginia (can't remember the town, somewhere near Charleston I think).
* Met up with Chad Sunday afternoon, went out for steak, hung out with his friends watching Doggett's Happy Polish Sausage Fun Hour and mocking the current state of Fox television.
* Planned to drive through DC Sunday night and meet up with Heather the next morning, ended up finding it too difficult to get back onto the highway I wanted in the dark, so I just crashed at a motel and left the Monday morning.
* Got to Baltimore, spent Monday evening at the mall Heather works at while she worked; bought Michael Moore's "Stupid White Men" at a bookstore there.
* Met Heather's friends, generally hung out with people and just enjoyed living in someone else's world for a few days.
* Drove on to Harrisburg, PA and hung out with Jesse and Nicole. Went to dinner at Red Lobster with them. Had a good time. Crashed on their futon for the evening (which, btw, was more comfortable than the motel I stayed at in Effingham, IL Saturday night).
I didn't come to any great epiphanies about myself or the universe while gone. I think the lesson of my journey was that daily life can be just as entertaining as planning all sorts of things to do. I had a greater time just enjoying the commonalities between my life and those of the people I visited than I probably would have if it had all been planned out ahead of time.
there's more to be said, but why force more upon you poor people? I've got about 2 hours worth of audio to sift through that I may just transcribe to my journal for those who are interested. then you can hear about the sad faced woman who followed me for 150 miles and whose saddened face and wave as she got off at here exit haunted me for the rest of the trip.


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Alan Reed -
Honey On The Razor's Edge
(CD, 2017, 41.10, White Knight Records - WKCD0317)
1- My Sunlit Room (4:08)
2- Razor (3:46)
3- Cross My Palm (5:47)
4- Leaving (4:30)
5- The Other Side Of Morning (7:52)
6- The Covenanter (4:53)
7- Used To Be Someone (6:08)
8- Northern Lights (4:06)
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Seven years and two solo albums now separate Alan Reed from his well-documented and acrimonious split from Pallas after he spent 24 years as their frontman. Reed is now carving out a very decent reputation as a solo artist. His debut solo album, First In A Field Of One (see review), was released in 2014 to widespread acclaim and now, Honey On The Razor's Edge goes a long way to further establishing his credentials.
As the title suggests, there's a double edge to Reed's latest collection of songs, many of them informed by his "day job" as a senior news producer at the BBC, working at the coalface on some of today's most contentious and controversial stories.
An upbeat MiniMoog flurry from former fellow Pallas bandmate Mike Stobbie and some muscular drumming from Scott Higham (ex-Pendragon) set the tone for prog pop opener My Sunlit Room documenting his personal journey in making the album. Reed's voice has a distinct timbre which, underpinned with female vocal harmonies, delivers depth and real soul to the song as it rocks along at a rate of knots.
Getting down and darker, Razor, whose intro, says Reed on his website, channels Led Zeppelin and Peter Gabriel, is full of unexpected delights within its edgy Eastern vibe. It features Lazuli's Claude Leonetti playing his unique, self-made instrument, the Léode, gliding away in the background while Steve Hackett delivers a most unexpected full-throated harmonica solo.
Cross My Palm is a solid rocker, Stobbie's wonderful keyboards shimmering over the rich instrumentation and angry lyrics. Reed is really in his stride here, the lyrics exploring the corrupt underbelly of the media and its main perpetrators, among whom is the disgraced PR agent Max Clifford.
The acoustic-led Leaving is a much sweeter proposition, Reed's 12 string guitar a constant feature as Stobbie injects more keyboard dynamics. That 12 string guitar is back at the start of The Other Side Of Morning, the album's longest track, which takes off on a pure prog path with ghostly chorus effects, a change of tempo and choppy keyboards leading into a stunning Mike Oldfield arpeggio sequence, courtesy of guitarist Jeff Green.
The Covenanter sees Reed railing at some of the main protagonists in the current misinformation game, along them hate preacher, Anjem Choudury, politicians Boris Johnson and Donald Trump and above all, Paul Dacre, editor of the UK's most reviled tabloid, the Daily Mail. Reed does not pull any punches in the lyrics which he allows to be fully heard above the lively instrumental mix.
Reed's acquisition of an e-Bow comes into its own on the guitar effects on Used To Be Someone, another bitter-sweet song about loss, the female vocal harmonies adding a lovely dimension to the telling of the tale.
But the lady vocal chorus comprising Christina Booth (Magenta), Monique van de Kolk (Harvest) and Laetitia Chaudemanche comes into its own on the closing Celtic beauty, Northern Lights, which sees Glaswegian Reed remembering his origins. It's a lovely rousing way to end the album.
Reed's star continues to ascend as he further extends the range and power of his musical chops vocally and instrumentally, bringing passion and a tincture of venom to his compositions and arrangements. At nearly 42 minutes, it's shorter than many current offerings, but its brilliance and brevity only leaves you wanting to dip into this honey jar again and again.
**** Alison Reijman


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Airbus S.E. Resolves Multinational Bribery Investigation with Record $4 Billion Deferred Prosecution Agreement
On January 31, 2020, international enforcement authorities in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France simultaneously approved Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs or the "Agreements") with multinational aerospace giant Airbus S.E. (Airbus) in the largest corruption enforcement action in history. Airbus agreed to pay nearly $4 billion in combined penalties to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. State Department, the U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO), and the French National Financial Prosecutor's Office (Parquet National Financier or PNF) to resolve a multi-year investigation into the company's alleged use of third-party business partners to bribe government officials and corporate executives to obtain unfair business advantages, including large aircraft contracts, in violation of the U.S. FCPA, U.K. Bribery Act, and France's Sapin II, as well as the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). In addition to the financial penalties, the three-year DPAs impose France's anti-corruption agency as a monitor on Airbus and require ongoing compliance reforms at the company.
In August 2016 the SFO opened its investigation into Airbus after the company disclosed certain irregularities in payments made to third-party business partners and possible incidents of bribery that may have occurred in relation to those payments. In March 2017 the PNF opened its own investigation into the same conduct, stating that it would cooperate with the SFO's investigation into the France-based multinational in an uncommon instance of collaboration between the two enforcement agencies. Airbus subsequently reported to the DOJ that it had uncovered "inaccuracies" in filings made pursuant to the ITAR, the rules that impose requirements on defense contractors trading defense products and services. Specifically, the ITAR require companies dealing in military- and defense-related technology to report political contributions and other payments made in connection with the underlying transactions. After the disclosure the DOJ officially opened its own investigation into the company in December 2018.
Throughout the nearly four-year investigation, Airbus provided extensive cooperation with the multinational enforcement authorities and undertook significant remedial actions relating to the underlying conduct and the lapses in its existing compliance program. The company produced millions of documents in response to requests from the enforcement authorities, ended third-party consultant relationships, terminated over 100 employees associated with the corrupt conduct, replaced the CEO, eliminated the corporate marketing branch of the company, and instituted an independent compliance review panel to address issues relating to the investigation.
Deferred Prosecution Agreements
The three DPAs focused on substantially similar conduct pertaining to the bribery of government officials and private corporate executives in countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. The Agreements did not all focus on the same activities in each country involved in the bribery schemes, but nevertheless provide valuable insight into the constantly evolving nature of multilateral resolutions in the international anti-corruption space. Companies operating in multiple countries under the jurisdiction of several regulators and enforcement agencies should take an interest in the lessons learned from the Airbus DPAs.
U.S. Department of Justice DPA
According to the U.S. DPA, company employees, executives, and other agents engaged in a "years-long campaign of corruption" between 2008 and 2015 to facilitate the payment of bribes to corporate executives and foreign officials in numerous countries in order to gain improper business advantages and secure procurement contracts with private and state-controlled enterprises. The U.S. DPA emphasized a scheme involving Chinese government officials, including all-expenses-paid trips to Maui, Hawaii and Park City, Utah for executives of China's state-controlled airlines and their families, as well as the creation of a sham educational fund that was used to finance lavish social events and golf retreats. The U.S. DPA's ITAR violations stemmed from Airbus's failure to report political contributions, commissions, and fees paid to business partners in relation to the sale or export of defense articles or defense services and the failure of third-party business partners to register under ITAR as required by the regulations.
Under the terms of the U.S. DPA, Airbus will pay U.S. authorities approximately $527 million to resolve the criminal FCPA bribery charges ($294 million) and the ITAR violations ($233 million). The penalty is being assessed in consideration of the $2.3 billion the company will pay to French authorities and the $1.1 billion it will pay to the U.K, resulting in a total global monetary penalty of over $3.9 billion, the largest in anti-corruption enforcement history. In addition to the criminal fines, the U.S. DPA requires the continued implementation of Airbus's revamped compliance and ethics program, corporate compliance reporting, cooperation in ongoing and future investigations and prosecutions of individuals, the forfeiture of Airbus's $55 million interest in a bond related to the ITAR violations, and an additional $5 million penalty assessed by the U.S. State Department relating to the ITAR violations.
U.K. Serious Fraud Office DPA
The U.K. SFO's investigation focused on wide-ranging bribery schemes of government officials and private corporate directors and executives in Taiwan, Malaysia, South Korea, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Ghana, and Mexico, particularly through the use of third-party business partners and intermediaries in violation of the U.K. Bribery Act. According to the U.K. DPA, despite Airbus's then-existing compliance protocols intended to prevent the conduct in question, Airbus employees and executives circumvented the compliance programs by providing false information regarding business partners' relationships to customers to the internal corporate organization responsible for evaluating due diligence, and in some cases the individuals involved in the misconduct were involved in compliance evaluations of the underlying transactions.
In addition to the total $3.9 billion fine ($1.1 billion of which is to be paid to the U.K), the U.K. DPA requires the continued implementation of Airbus's new compliance and ethics program, ongoing cooperation in the SFO's investigation, self-reporting of fraud and other wrongdoing for the duration of the 3-year DPA, and the imposition of the French AFA as a corporate monitor (discussed below).
French National Financial Prosecutor's Office DPA
The PNF's resolution with Airbus included admitted bribery-related misconduct in India, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Nepal, Thailand, Russia, Vietnam, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia. The French DPA, called a Judicial Public Interest Agreement, included several charges, such as bribery of foreign public officials, conspiracy to defraud, misuse of corporate assets, money laundering, and several forgery-related offenses. The French DPA focused on the misconduct of Airbus's marketing arm and the involvement of management in the circumvention of the company's compliance procedures. In addition to the total fines imposed under the global settlement, the resolution imposes the French Anti-Corruption Agency (Agence Française Anticorruption or AFA) as a monitor of Airbus's compliance program, including targeted audits of the company's compliance program, continued cooperation in related investigations, and the ongoing implementation of the company's new compliance and ethics program.1
Implications for Global Anti-Corruption Enforcement
In addition to the record-setting penalty included in the global settlement, there are a number of lessons for in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and other anti-corruption and investigations practitioners:
Companies must regularly update and monitor the effectiveness of their compliance programs to avoid a "paper program." The Airbus DPAs focused on the numerous failures in the company's original compliance program and the lack of commitment throughout the company to anti-corruption efforts. Programs which exist on paper only or are not periodically revised to address significant corruption risks identified through risk assessment are likely to be viewed as inadequate by enforcement authorities when they are assessing penalties.2
The DOJ is increasing international cooperation but will not abdicate its enforcement authority. The DOJ was willing to allow non-U.S. enforcement authorities to once again take the lead in a corruption investigation and resolution where those authorities had a stronger jurisdictional basis and the resolve to do so. DOJ required a resolution in a United States District Court, however, and a substantial payment to the U.S. despite Airbus not being an "issuer or domestic concern" under the FCPA.
The DOJ and SFO are willing to allow foreign agencies to take the lead on compliance monitoring. The DOJ and SFO did not impose independent corporate monitors on Airbus despite the pervasiveness of the wrongdoing and the company's failure to proactively disclose the misconduct. Where a competent monitoring agency such as the French AFA is more properly situated to monitor compliance efforts, the DOJ and SFO are prepared to defer to their monitoring authority.
The use of third-party business partners is still a leading corruption risk; and the provision of gifts and entertainment is on DOJ's radar. The global settlement focused on the widespread use of intermediaries to funnel bribes to government officials and corporate executives. Despite this focus in the U.K. and French resolutions, the DOJ also emphasized the provision of non-business-related luxury travel and entertainment for Chinese government officials and their families to the United States as a bribery mechanism.
The DOJ and SFO resolutions confirm the value of early remediation and cooperation. Despite the record-level global fine, the penalty could have been much higher had Airbus not provided extensive cooperation with the government's investigation and taken quick remedial action. The DOJ's DPA confirms the 2019 Corporate Enforcement Policy's declaration that prompt investigation and ongoing cooperation with the government's investigation will result in discounted criminal fines, even in instances where the company does not proactively disclose wrongdoing. The SFO's DPA Code of Practice, which also emphasizes these factors in assessing penalties, was similarly reinforced in the Airbus settlement.
With a compliance program tailored to a company's particular needs in place, companies are more likely to avoid running afoul of international bribery laws. Where violations do occur, the existence of such a program will give the company the best possible position to investigate and remediate the misconduct, and, if necessary, cooperate with enforcement authorities for the best resolution possible.
Airbus will bear the cost of the AFA's monitoring up to €8.5 million.
See the DOJ Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Anti-Corruption
Investigations and White Collar Defense
FCPA Snapshot – 2012
Consumer Financial Services Practice Digest
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For other people named John Kidd, see John Kidd (disambiguation).
John Kidd (10 September 1775 – 7 September 1851) was an English physician, chemist and geologist. Kidd was born in Westminster, the son of a naval officer and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
He became reader in chemistry at Oxford in 1801, and in 1803 was elected the first Aldrichian professor of chemistry. He then voluntarily gave courses of lectures on mineralogy and geology: these were delivered in the dark chambers under the Ashmolean Museum, and there William Conybeare, William Buckland, Charles Daubeny and others gained their first lessons in geology. Kidd was a popular and instructive lecturer, and through his efforts the geological chair, first held by Buckland, was established.
The first of the scriptural geologists, "Kidd argued in his book A Geological Essay on the Imperfect Evidences in Support of a Theory of the Earth, on philosophical grounds, that a science of observation cannot claim certainty for its inferences as to causes, and that consequently theoretical geology cannot stand against an indisputable authority such as revelation." In 1818 he became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians; in 1822 regius professor of medicine in succession to Sir Christopher Pegge; and in 1834 he was appointed keeper of the Radcliffe Library.
In March 1822 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He delivered the Harveian Oration before the Royal College of Physicians in 1836.
The second Bridgewater Treatise: On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man (1833).
^ The Aldrich chair of Chemistry was founded with an endowment given to the University in 1798 by George Aldrich, whose name adopted (Cf: Robert J P Williams, John S Rowlinson, Allan Chapman (edts.), Chemistry at Oxford: a history from 1600 to 2005, pp. 79-81, London: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2008 (ISBN 0854041397)).
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kidd, John" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 783.
"JOHN Kidd (1775-1851)". British Medical Journal. 2 (4733): 734. September 1951. PMC 2069801. PMID 14869708.
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Q: Admin email is not updating on Drupal7 I have tried to install Drupal 7.x on AWS by using cloudformation but after the installation, while connecting to the RDS admin the administrator email is not updating.
In the users table,enter image description here I am able to find all the schema that I have given while installing the Drupal site except for mail(Default). The mail field is filled up with "admin@example.com", and I am unable to find my email in the table. Due to this result, am unable to reset my password and also create new users. New users also don't receive emails from the admin.
I am able to see my email in the Drupal site but in the database, I see "admin@example.com" (the default value). What could be going wrong here?


Starting a day by applying my makeup favorites is something I look forward to everyday. It's such a relaxing process for me, just me and my makeup, and nothing else. There are other products that I incorporate too, but these four are hands down my most used favorite items. I cannot not use them, ya know? They're just that good!
Let's begin with this amazing, affordable, voluminous mascara! If you like the sound of that, then keep on reading.
The price point is just under $10 at most retailers and easily accessible at your local drug store! I love finding affordable makeup items like this mascara because it is something that I use A LOT, and by that I mean every single day. So with that being said, it's not like it's going to hurt me when I run out and I have to purchase a new one. Mascaras normally last me about 6-8 weeks. Once it begins to feel a little on the dry side, that's when I replace it.
The mascara I use isn't waterproof, yet it doesn't smear, or at least it hasn't smudged on me. However, if you prefer waterproof they also have it available. I've been using this mascara a little over 6 months. I love that it separates the lashes without the clumping and that is what we all want right?? Even better than the no clumping factor, is the fact that it spreads the lashes making them look like falsies which is pretty amazing! So this is an item I will continue to use until I'm ready to try something new.
This foundation has a luminous, silky, and a semi matte finish. It has a subtle fragrance that I oddly really enjoy lol! It almost reminds me of baby lotion or some kind of baby product. It isn't overpowering and it immediately fades away after application in case you don't care for the fragrance.
I tried this foundation a few years ago, not in my perfect match, but I still ended up using it all and then moved on to try a new foundation. A few months later Gio (the hubby) said to me, "Babe there was this foundation that made your face look so smooth, you should get that again." I was pleasantly surprised and didn't think he actually knew what foundation was! I always trust what he tells me though, so I went to Sephora and bought a different shade to try out.
Brows brows and more brows!! ahhh I hate leaving the house without brows, even if its just a little hint of this ka-brow cream gel from benefit. It's buildable and it has a built-in brush for those on-the-go ladies out there. You have brows to go with just this little pomade. I use it in the shade 4.5 but honestly I loved wearing shade 4. It's slightly lighter that this .5 but that .5 makes a difference, or so I believe it does.
The shade 4 was the one I originally purchased and it lasted more than a year, but after the year and a half mark it dried out so I bought a new one and went with 4.5 neutral deep brown. It's darker and it requires less than the shade 4. You can literally draw hair strokes to fill in those sparse areas to give you an instant fuller brow. This is a must for me if I don't wear either of the two mentioned above.
I purchased mine at Sephora and it retails around $24. They have shades 1-6 and they also have other brow pencils that coincide with the same shade as the cream gel if you're ever in doubt.
Last but not least is this amazing lip mask from Laneige that I have been obsessing over! I bought this little wonder a year ago and I am just now running out. It retails around $25 and it smells like delicious fresh berries. It comes in other flavors or scents too.
Although it says it is a night mask I like to wear it in the mornings after I've applied my makeup and brushed my teeth. A little also goes a long way but at night I like to lather that baby on. I literally wake up with baby smooth lips!
I hope you enjoyed this post and thank you for taking the time to read along. Make sure you leave me a comment if you've tried one of these products. Or which one would you like to try??
Great post! I really enjoyed reading it and discovering new products, I will definitely follow for future posts!
I'm glad you enjoyed reading this post! Same here, I love trying new products!


NUJS Kolkata will be closed for the student body for 10 days, starting today, due to the outbreak of chicken pox on campus. Faculty and administrative staff will continue working.
NLSIU Bangalore will close for 10 days in the wake of the H1N1 influenza virus strain, following 20 deaths in Karnataka and the temporary closure of several other educational institutions in the state.
Advani & Company is representing the family of India's first H1N1 virus victim against the Pune hospitals it alleges had caused her death.
Indian blawg Law and Other Things posted a brilliant article dissecting the statutory framework that is being used to deprive suspected swine flu cases of their liberty. But, asks the blawg, is the Act actually fit for purpose?
Probably not: although swine flu is frightening and has reached global pandemic status, it is technically unlikely to be an epidemic in India and would thus not fall within the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897.
While some of the powers of the Act are suitably draconian to allow the state to deal with diseases serious enough to destroy it (although the maximum Rs 200 fine is unlikely to hurt much), does the 100-odd-year-old legislation leave public health officials defenceless against the virus until it is too late?
Photo by Fleur-design under Creative Commons licence.


Gotta catch your cheating boyfriend.
Pokémon Go is already destroying everyone's phone batteries. Today it destroyed a relationship, the New York Post reports.
New Yorker Evan Scribner told the Post that he's now single because his girlfriend used the smartphone-based game to discover that he'd been hooking up with an ex in Bushwick, Brooklyn. How? The game uses mapping software to track exactly where players catch their Pokémon.
Pokémon Go shows exactly when and where Pokémon were caught.
"She saw that I had caught a Pokémon while at my ex's house," Scribner told the Post. "She found out last night...and hasn't contacted me since then."
But you never know: Maybe she'll give him another Chansey.


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New hole-punched crystal clears a path for quantum light
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Optical highways for light are at the heart of modern communications. But when it comes to guiding individual blips of light called photons, reliable transit is far less common. Now, a collaboration of researchers from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), led by JQI Fellows Mohammad Hafezi and Edo Waks, has created a photonic chip that both generates single photons, and steers them around. The device, described in the Feb. 9 issue of Science, features a way for the quantum light to seamlessly move, unaffected by certain obstacles.
"This design incorporates well-known ideas that protect the flow of current in certain electrical devices," says Hafezi. "Here, we create an analogous environment for photons, one that protects the integrity of quantum light, even in the presence of certain defects."
The chip starts with a photonic crystal, which is an established, versatile technology used to create roadways for light. They are made by punching holes through a sheet of semiconductor. For photons, the repeated hole pattern looks very much like a real crystal made from a grid of atoms. Researchers use different hole patterns to change the way that light bends and bounces through the crystal. For instance, they can modify the hole sizes and separations to make restricted lanes of travel that allow certain light colors to pass, while prohibiting others.
Sometimes, even in these carefully fabricated devices, there are flaws that alter the light's intended route, causing it to detour into an unexpected direction. But rather than ridding their chips of every flaw, the JQI team mitigates this issue by rethinking the crystal's hole shapes and crystal pattern. In the new chip, they etch out thousands of triangular holes in an array that resembles a bee's honeycomb. Along the center of the device they shift the spacing of the holes, which opens a different kind of travel lane for the light. Previously, these researchers predicted that photons moving along that line of shifted holes should be impervious to certain defects because of the overall crystal structure, or topology. Whether the lane is a switchback road or a straight shot, the light's path from origin to destination should be assured, regardless of the details of the road.
The light comes from small flecks of semiconductor—dubbed quantum emitters—embedded into the photonic crystal. Researchers can use lasers to prod this material into releasing single photons. Each emitter can gain energy by absorbing laser photons and lose energy by later spitting out those photons, one at time. Photons coming from the two most energetic states of a single emitter are different colors and rotate in opposite directions. For this experiment, the team uses photons from an emitter found near the chip's center.
The team tested the capabilities of the chip by first changing a quantum emitter from its lowest energy state to one of its two higher energy states. Upon relaxing back down, the emitter pops out a photon into the nearby travel lane. They continued this process many times, using photons from the two higher energy states. They saw that photons emitted from the two states preferred to travel in opposite directions, which was evidence of the underlying crystal topology.
To confirm that the design could indeed offer protected lanes of traffic for single photons, the team created a 60 degree turn in the hole pattern. In typical photonic crystals, without built-in protective features, such a kink would likely cause some of the light to reflect backwards or scatter elsewhere. In this new chip, topology protected the photons and allowed them to continue on their way unhindered.
"On the internet, information moves around in packets of light containing many photons, and losing a few doesn't hurt you too much", says co-author Sabyasachi Barik, a graduate student at JQI. "In quantum information processing, we need to protect each individual photon and make sure it doesn't get lost along the way. Our work can alleviate some forms of loss, even when the device is not completely perfect."
The design is flexible, and could allow researchers to systematically assemble pathways for single photons, says Waks. "Such a modular approach may lead to new types of optical devices and enable tailored interactions between quantum light emitters or other kinds of matter."
Written by E. Edwards
*Mohammad Hafezi is an Associate Professor in the University of Maryland (UMD) Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics. Edo Waks is a Professor in the UMD Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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