OMAHA (Reuters) - Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, is known for his keen eye for a bargain.
And there were plenty on offer for shareholders attending Berkshire's annual meeting over the weekend, where goods from some 50 Berkshire businesses were on show, often at big discounts.
Shareholder Shelli Clausen thought a $5 kitchen spatula from Berkshire's Pampered Chef business fit the bill.
"It's a good buy, and it's fun to get the good deals," she said while waiting in a line a couple of hundred deep in downtown Omaha's CenturyLink Center, where Buffett had addressed shareholders and taken questions.
When not listening to the Oracle of Omaha and his partner Charlie Munger, shareholders had two days to browse and buy Berkshire's products.
These included See's Candies peanut brittle that Buffett and Munger chomped during the meeting.
Courtney Cohen, a sales director at See's Candies, estimated that 19,000 of the 22,956 pounds of candy that the company brought to the meeting were sold.
Dairy Queen events manager Dean Peters said those shareholders needing an ice cream fix consumed about 28,000 of its Dilly, Vanilla Orange and Fudge bars and its Mini Oreo Blizzards.
Those with more to spend could buy a $9,277 pair of white gold diamond stud earrings from Borsheim's jewelry.
Some vendors said numbers seemed down on in 2015, when Buffett celebrated his 50th anniversary running Berkshire.
Official attendance was not immediately known, but this year's meeting was the first to be streamed online.
This was widely cited as a reason Omaha may have attracted fewer people to the weekend of events that Buffett calls "Woodstock for Capitalists." Buffett said on CNBC on Monday that he thought attendance was down by 10 percent.
Among the other Berkshire businesses on show were Kirby vacuum cleaners sold through in-home demonstrations and Fruit of the Loom clothing brand, which was among the more popular items.
Fruit of the Loom had to put up a barrier at one stage to stop shareholders from overwhelming staff selling its $8 neon green "Berky Boxer" shorts, or the bright yellow 2015 edition for just $3.
"It's packed, incredibly packed," first-time attendee Steve Peters, from nearby Papillion, Nebraska, said. He and his wife Marlene had just bought a bed from Nebraska Furniture Mart and jackets from Fechheimer Brothers.
"There are good deals," Marlene Peters said.
Just what Buffett would want his shareholders to say.


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Communities across America face significant challenges in ensuring that our youth are adequately prepared to enter the workforce. Young people increasingly feel ill-prepared for work, lacking the necessary skills and confidence to prosper on the job.
More than 75% of youth express concerns about whether they have the skills necessary to secure a job.
Only 34% of students strongly agree that they will graduate with the skills and knowledge needed to be successful in the job market.
More than half of U.S. employers say that their biggest obstacle to growth is a lack of qualified candidates with these essential skills
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WE WUZ ROBBED! – BUT WHEN?
Michael Giambrone, 2020 T. C. Memo. 145, filed 10/19/20, was robbed; so was his brother Will. The perp, one Farkas, was sentenced to thirty years for conspiracy and bank, wire, and securities fraud. 2020 T. C. Memo. 145, at p. 4. Farkas plundered the impounds at Mike's and Will's mortgage company.
Mike and Will claim Rev. Proc. 2009-20, 2009-14 I.R.B. (4/6/09) provides them a safe harbor to take heavy-duty Section 165 theft losses; IRS says no.
Judge Patrick J. ("Scholar Pat") Urda sides with IRS. No facts disputed. They wuz robbed. And Section 165 takes in everything from Criminal Law 101: larceny, robbery, embezzlement, trick or device, criminal fraud, and statutory crimes.
But Mike and Will can't marry Rev. Proc. 2009-20 to Section 165.
"As a preliminary matter, we note that revenue procedures are not binding on this Court. Nor do they, as a general matter, confer substantive rights on taxpayers. Courts 'have refused to invalidate the Commissioner's determinations arising out of his failure to abide' by revenue procedures. Thus, even if the Giambrones were to establish that the IRS had erred in its application of Rev. Proc. 2009-20, supra, we would not be required to conclude that they are entitled to the claimed theft loss deductions." 2020 T. C. Memo. 145, at p. 9. (Citations omitted).
Of course, if IRS induces reliance on a Rev. Proc. and then reneges, that's abuse of discretion (see 2020 T. C. Memo. 145, at p. 11, footnote 7); but that didn't happen here.
To get to the Rev. Proc. 2009-20 safe harbor, one must report the "qualified loss" in the tax return "for the discovery year", which is defined as the year in which an indictment, information, or criminal complaint is filed against the lead figure. 2020 T. C. Memo. 145, at p. 10. Mike and Will didn't. The reported two, three, and four years after Farkas was indicted.
"The Giambrones do not dispute that they failed to request safe harbor treatment on their 2010 Federal tax returns. They assert, however, that the definition of discovery year set forth in Rev. Proc. 2009-20, supra, is incompatible with section 165(e) and section 1.165-1(d)(3), Income Tax Regs., and that they qualify for the safe harbor under the broader terms of the Code and the accompanying regulation." 2020 T. C. Memo. 145, at p. 10.
See above. The Rev. Proc. don't need no Section 165 comportment.
"The Giambrones are laboring under a fundamental misconception: Rev. Proc. 2009-20, supra, is not required to comport with the terms of section 165 (or the accompanying regulation). It is an exercise of administrative discretion on the part of the IRS, offering beneficial treatment for categories of theft losses meeting certain well-defined conditions. The Giambrones cannot gain the benefit of it without adhering to its conditions the IRS imposed." 2020 T. C. Memo. 145, at p 11.
But all is not lost. Judge Scholar Pat only rules that Rev. Proc. 2009-20 doesn't apply. "We leave all other questions, including whether the Giambrones qualify for the section 165 theft loss deductions, to be decided by further proceedings in these cases." 2020 T. C. Memo. 145, at p. 11.
Readers with exceptionally long memories may remember Greg and Sue Raifman tried a variation on Rev. Proc. 2009-20 when they got gazumphed in the ClassicStar horseshow. See my blogpost "Too True to Be Good," 7/3/18.
The real aim of Rev. Proc. 2009-20 was to throw a lifeline to the victims of Ponzis and Madoffs.
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I stepped away from the city centre to find this one. Legend says that during the Edo period, a cat under the care of a local priest led a feudal lord and his servants to the temple by waving its paw, thus saving them from a thunderstorm. Grateful, the nobleman donated rice crops and land to the then-poor temple. Thus was the maneki-neko (beckoning cat) figurine born… They, of course, became the symbol of the area.
Wandering through the site, you will find shelves filled with hundreds of sculptures of this felines, in all sizes. It's as heart-melting as it is hypnotising… Many visitors write their wishes and hopes at the back of their cat before adding it to the crowd.
Here, to pray, you need to ring the giant bell (very similar to the version the maneki-neko wears around its neck) to get the spirits' attention and follow the prayer process.
A little further, at the entrance of the cemetery, statues of divinities were adorned with red bibs and hats. These are protectors of children. The tradition started when grieving parents started leaving their lost little ones' garments as part of their prayers, although it can have a brighter side and be a thank you for saving children from a life-threatening illness. In time, it was standardised to this "uniform", red being the color used to ward off evil spirits.
From the Gōtokuji Temple, a quick 25 minutes walk will take you to this bakery, famous for its Totoro puffs. They come filled with a dense kind of whipped cream, available in a variety of flavours (chocolate, strawberry, caramel & banana, custard…). Delicious. Although the look in its eyes might make you feel rather guilty biting into it! There is a little café on site should you wish to sit down for a while.
Add another 10 minutes walk to find this vibrant neighbourhood, filled with so many vintage clothes shops it seems impossible to count. You will find everything from 1920s fashion to more contemporary designs. Be warned: it's easy to lose track of time entirely there!
Raising an eyebrow? It is a delicacy here and you can try it raw, carpaccio like, with some sweet soy sauce or cooked. Very tender, very flavoursome: think of it as halfway between beef and venison.
These vending machines dispensing capsule toys seem to be everywhere. There are entire walls (with over a hundred selections) and even shops dedicated to them. What can you get? Anything from hats for cats to mini china cups and anime figurines. It seems particularlt popular with adults: I am yet to see a child put a coin in one of them.
Famous for its many electronics shops, it has in the more recent years also opened up to anime and manga (all in Japanese though). It's the craziest neighbourhood with lots of flashing lights everywhere… If you choose only one thing, make it Taito Station. The first couple of floors are dedicated to crane games (with prizes coming in all kind of sizes), the following 3 ones to arcade and video games. Think dancing machines, drums and guitar playing, more traditional ones, others where the aime seems to be tapping as fast as the program tells you too. The volume is super high and in an hour, you will have forgotten your name. Other places lines machines as in a casino and you can even smoke there.
Unexpected subject… But well worth mentioning as they come come with a variety of options… and heated seats.
See you soon for Day 3!


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We sit on the precipice of epochal change, whether such change comes very soon or in a number of years, technology has the capability to drastically reimagine our very civilizations.
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The first iGirouette smart signage devices have been installed in Lyon, France next to the Confluence Retail and Leisure Centre and ice rink.
We first saw these several years ago, then again most recently at #ISE2017 and were mightily impressed. These are genuine urban innovations!
The iGirouette conveys different types of messages to help everyone navigate the urban environment, improving the flow and interaction of people and transport. Initially, the message will display general information: sports and cultural events, distances (e.g. to the Confluence museum or Perrache train station), directions to the Youth Centre and exhibition spaces, etc. Later, thanks to OPEN DATA, information such as the number of available parking spaces, or bus and train schedules, will be communicated.
The device is made up of a mast with two rotating arrows, each of which can rotate 360 degrees. iGirouette interacts with individuals, providing directions and information concerning the time and distance to a specific event or place, by displaying both text and still or animated images.
We are told that the iGirouette concept relies on a revolutionary, multilingual digital control system that allows for real-time communication. It can also interact with users who are connected through a mobile app, by guiding them toward events.
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Government committed to taking forward constitutional development
In response to media enquiries, a Government spokesman made the following statement on the remarks by US Consul General James Cunningham this afternoon (September 20):
"The HKSAR Government is committed to further opening up the methods for selecting the Chief Executive in 2007 and for forming the Legislative Council in 2008, in accordance with the Basic Law and the Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of April 26, 2004.
"We aim at formulating a set of proposals which will enable us to move towards the ultimate aim of universal suffrage in a gradual and orderly manner, and which will enhance public participation in the two electoral methods, and broaden the representativeness of the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council.
"The Constitutional Development Task Force will release its fifth report in the autumn to set out the Government's proposals on how the two electoral methods should be amended."
"We hope that foreign governments will respect the principle that Hong Kong's constitutional development shall be taken forward in accordance with the Basic Law and the NPCSC Decision," the spokesman concluded.
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Angelo Arrigoni (16 February 1923 – 27 September 2014) was an Italian rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Italy, and at club level for R.S. Ginnastica Torino, as a wing, i.e. number 11 or 14, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Italy, and at club level for Torino XIII, as a , or , i.e. number 2 or 5, or, 3 or 4.

Playing career

International honours

Rugby union
Arrigoni represented Italy (RU) in the 6-14 defeat by Czechoslovakia at Strahov Stadium, Prague on Sunday 22 May 1949.

Rugby league
Vincenzo Bertolotto co-organised (with Dennis Chappell , from Wakefield, and a Turin resident), and captained the Italy (RL) tour of 1950 to France (3 matches), England (including; 28-49 defeat by Wigan at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 26 August 1950, Huddersfield at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Wednesday 6 September 1950, St. Helens at Knowsley Road on Thursday 16 November 1950), and Wales (including; 11-29 defeat by South Wales XIII at Brewery Field, Bridgend on Saturday 2 September 1950).

The Italy (RL) squad was; Guido Aleati (previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), Sergio Aleati (previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), Roberto Antonioli (previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), Angelo Arrigoni (previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), Vincenzo Bertolotto (previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), Michele Bietto, Giovanni Bonino (previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), Luigi Bosia, Giuseppe Cannone, Pasquale Cannone, Delio Caron, Gabriele Casalegno (previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), Amerio Chiara, Giorgio Cornacchia, Guido Cornarino (previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), Fabrizio Faglioli, Enzo Francesconi, Giuseppe Franco, Aldo Guglielminotti (previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), Giovanni Orecchia, Luigi Pignattaro, Franco Pipino, Giorgio Rassaval, Giorgio Rubino, Giovanni Tamagno (previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), Oreste Tescari and Giovanni Vigna.

Club career

Rugby union
Arrigoni was a member of the R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU) team that won the 1947 Campionati italiani. In honour of this, Arrigoni's name appears alongside his teammates on a plaque affixed to Motovelodromo Fausto Coppi in Turin, the squad was; eight players that would subsequently accompany Arrigoni on the 1950 rugby league tour, and also Ausonio Alacevich, Bianco, Campi, Chiosso, Chiosso, Mario Dotti IV, Pescarmona, Piovano, Rocca, Felice Rama (coach), Siliquini, and Sandro Vigliano.

Rugby league
Following the Italy (RL) tour of 1950 to France, England, and Wales, a Torino XIII featuring Angelo Arrigoni joined the French league.

References

Benedetto Pasqua; Mirio Da Roit, Cent'anni di rugby a Torino (One Hundred Years of Rugby in Turin), Torino, Ananke [2011]
Francesco Volpe; Paolo Pacetti, Rugby 2012, Roma, Zesi [2011]
Gianluca Barca; Gian Franco Bellè, La Sesta Nazione (The Sixth Nation), Parma, Grafiche Step [2008]

External links

Search for "Arrigoni" at rugbyleagueproject.org

Italian rugby league players
Italian rugby union players
Italy international rugby union players
Italy national rugby league team players
Rugby league centres
Rugby league wingers
Rugby union wings
1923 births
2014 deaths

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Home > Legislation > 116th Congress > H.R.266
H.R.266 - Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act116th Congress (2019-2020)
Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (Introduced 01/08/2019)
House - Appropriations
04/24/2020 Became Public Law No: 116-139. (TXT | PDF) (All Actions)
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Summary: H.R.266 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)All Information (Except Text)
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Public Law No: 116-139 (04/24/2020)
Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act
This bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak by providing additional funding for small business loans, health care providers, and COVID-19 testing.
DIVISION A--SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS
(Sec. 101) This division provides additional lending authority for certain Small Business Administration (SBA) programs in response to COVID-19.
Specifically, the division increases the authority for (1) the Paycheck Protection Program, under which the SBA may guarantee certain loans to small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic; and (2) advances on emergency economic injury disaster loans made in response to COVID-19. The division also expands eligibility for such disaster loans and advances to include agricultural enterprises.
Additionally, the division requires the SBA to guarantee no less than a specified amount of paycheck protection loans made by certain insured depository institutions, community financial institutions, and credit unions.
(Sec. 102) The amounts provided under this division are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO) and the Senate PAYGO rule.
DIVISION B--ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE
Additional Emergency Appropriations for Coronavirus Response
This division provides FY2020 supplemental appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the SBA in response to COVID-19.
The supplemental appropriations are designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
This title provides $100 billion in FY2020 supplemental appropriations to HHS for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, including
$75 billion to reimburse health care providers for health care related expenses or lost revenues that are attributable to the coronavirus outbreak; and
$25 billion for expenses to research, develop, validate, manufacture, purchase, administer, and expand capacity for COVID-19 tests to effectively monitor and suppress COVID-19.
The title allocates specified portions of the $25 billion for COVID-19 testing to
states, localities, territories, and tribes;
the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention;
the National Institutes of Health;
the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority;
the Food and Drug Administration;
community health centers;
rural health clinics; and
testing for the uninsured.
The title also establishes several reporting requirements for HHS, including requirements to submit to Congress details regarding COVID-19 cases and a strategic testing plan
(Sec. 101) This section specifies that certain authorities, conditions, and requirements included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act apply to the funds provided by this division to HHS.
(Sec. 102) This section sets forth authorities and restrictions that apply to transferring funds provided by this title.
(Sec. 103) This section requires specified funds provided by this title for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to be transferred to the HHS Office of Inspector General for oversight of activities supported with funds appropriated to HHS to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak.
TITLE II--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
This title provides FY2020 supplemental appropriations to the SBA, including
$2.1 billion for salaries and expenses to administer programs related to COVID-19,
$50 billion for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, and
$10 billion for Emergency EIDL grants.
TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT
(Sec. 301) This section specifies that the funds provided by this division are in addition to funds otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year involved.
(Sec. 302) Funds provided by this division may not remain available beyond the current fiscal year, unless this division provides otherwise.
(Sec. 303) Unless otherwise specified by this division, the funds provided by this division are subject to the authorities and conditions that apply to the applicable appropriations account for FY2020.
(Sec. 304) This section specifies that certain funds provided or transferred by this division may only be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus outbreak.
(Sec. 305) For the purposes of this division, the term coronavirus means SARS-CoV-2 or another coronavirus with pandemic potential.
(Sec. 306) This section provides that amounts designated by this division as emergency requirements are only available (or rescinded, if applicable) if the President subsequently designates the amounts and transmits the designations to Congress.
(Sec. 307) This section specifies that the emergency funds that are transferred pursuant to this division retain the emergency designation.
(Sec. 308) This section exempts the budgetary effects of this division from the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO), (2) the Senate PAYGO rule, and (3) certain budget scorekeeping rules.


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North-East Region has highest concentration of handloom weavers, says Government.
Feb 10, 2021 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The North-East Region (NER) of India has the highest concentration of handloom weavers in the country with women participation of around 88 per cent.
The Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani shared this information in Lok Sabha (lower house) today.
NER comprises eight states – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.
As far as Government support to the handloom weavers for NCT is concerned, there are few interesting initiatives also.
There are 38 such Urban Haats sanctioned across the country so far, out of which 3 have been sanctioned in NER States.
These Urban Haats have been set up in big towns/metropolitan cities to provide adequate direct marketing facilities to the craft persons/weavers and eliminate middle agencies.
In Assam, which is one of the leading NER States, Sivasagar Mega Handloom cluster has been taken up covering Sivasagar district.
Yarn Supply Scheme is being implemented throughout the country (including NER States) to make available all types of yarn at Mill Gate Price.
From 2017-18 to 2019-20 and in the current financial year, 11.49 lakh kg yarn of the value of Rs. 7,199 lakh has been supplied under the scheme in NER states.
The North-East Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS) is an umbrella scheme implemented in project mode to promote textiles industry in the NER States by providing infrastructure, capacity building and marketing support to the industry.
India Handloom brand, which has total 1,590 registrations, has 14 registrations from NER States.
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The University of Bristol's Classics Hub is delighted to announce that it will be running a GCSE and A-Level Classical Civilisation conference on Thursday 7th March 2019 in the Wills Memorial Building. Building on the success of our inaugural Classical Civilisation conference in March 2017, we plan to run a day event that caters to as many as possible, with separate sessions for GCSE and A Level students.
Topics for sessions will align closely to the new OCR specifications and therefore the event will be most directly relevant to students studying Classical Civilisation at GCSE or A Level. However, students studying Latin, Ancient Greek, or Ancient History are very welcome to attend, as are those who are not yet studying any classical subjects, but who may wish to do so at university.
To reserve places for your students, please sign-up online here by 28th February, or email Richard Cole at classics-hub@bristol.ac.uk.


3 Is he not the carpenter,[a] the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him.
6:3 Is he not the carpenter?: no other gospel calls Jesus a carpenter. Some witnesses have "the carpenter's son," as in Mt 13:55. Son of Mary: contrary to Jewish custom, which calls a man the son of his father, this expression may reflect Mark's own faith that God is the Father of Jesus (Mk 1:1, 11; 8:38; 13:32; 14:36). The brother of James…Simon: in Semitic usage, the terms "brother," "sister" are applied not only to children of the same parents, but to nephews, nieces, cousins, half-brothers, and half-sisters; cf. Gn 14:16; 29:15; Lv 10:4. While one cannot suppose that the meaning of a Greek word should be sought in the first place from Semitic usage, the Septuagint often translates the Hebrew 'āh by the Greek word adelphos, "brother," as in the cited passages, a fact that may argue for a similar breadth of meaning in some New Testament passages. For instance, there is no doubt that in v 17, "brother" is used of Philip, who was actually the half-brother of Herod Antipas. On the other hand, Mark may have understood the terms literally; see also 3:31–32; Mt 12:46; 13:55–56; Lk 8:19; Jn 7:3, 5. The question of meaning here would not have arisen but for the faith of the church in Mary's perpetual virginity.
6:3 : 15:40; Mt 12:46; Jn 6:42.


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how to record my voice on soundcloud
VARCOMM'
1st time using soundcloud. How shall I record my own voice?
Hi there VARCOMM',
Welcome to SoundCloud and to our help forum I see you've tried uploading your first two recordings, however these failed to fully upload and process for one reason or another. How were you trying to record and upload this? Was this on a computer, or on a mobile device?
For starters, what I'd recommend in general, is to use software or an app where you can record into a real project or track file that's stored on your device, then upload it at a later point. This way you can a) edit your recording and b) have a backup in case something goes wrong during the upload. From what I can see in your particular case, it looks like the internet connection might have disconnected during the upload at some point.
If you're on a computer, Audacity might be a good starting point. It is a freeware software to record audio. Once you export the recording into a .wav or .mp3 file, you can go to SoundCloud.com/upload and upload it to your account.
Hope this helps to get you started. Feel free to let us know how it goes, or if you have further questions - happy to help :-)
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Kalahansa Man
Sorry, I am not VARCOMM I am steve lambert
Sorry about this - most certainly, someone called VARCOMM' write in in the first place, asking how to record. Do you have the same question? Then the reply to VARCOMM' applies to you as well. Or, am I overlooking something here?
kdmiller
So, it is better to use a program like Audacity to record, say, an a capella song, and then upload it to soundcloud? I have also been trying to figure out how to use soundcloud to record my son singing a song with accompaniment back up, either with recorded music via IPAD or guitar. The computer mike only picks up his voice; not the recorded music or accompaniment. Would audacity be better for this? Thanks for your help!
djraveinpeace
Mathis isn't around over the weekend, he's lucky enough to work for soundcloud. Me, on the other hand, I'm a user of soundcloud & just wander on here & help out where I can & I think I can certainly try answering this addition to your query for you (hope you don't mind!)
Audacity is "just" (he says, for a free program its pretty good, not somthing I use very often but have utilised it on a few occasions) a piece of software that allows you to record sounds via your computer mic or whatever mike you have plugged into your computer. Its advantage is you are then able to edit that recording, cut bits out, change the volume levels etc etc, but its not going to suddenly enable your mike to pick up things it wasn't recording before.
So, for a plain accapella performance, no backing, audacity will do the job nicely with the benefits Mathis outlined for you above.
OK, regarding the musical accompaniment you mentioned. Audacity can do somthing called "overdubbing". This is where you record one element of the track then play that back and record another element over the top, then play that back & record a third element and so on and so forth, building the song up in layers. Listen to Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy", everything you hear in that song, I mean EVERYTHING, is Bobby, he recorded each part of the track separately using overdubbing so he could harmonise with himself as well as adding all the other sounds you hear (I would imagine the original Tubular Bells was, in large part, recorded in a similar fashion as well, unless Mike Oldfield has more arms than he's letting on about and can actually play ALL of those instruments simultaneously..haha! I doubt it, the man's good, but not that good!))
In your case its not quite so complicated. You will already have the backing track ready so that just needs to play in audacity while your sons vocals are recorded over the top. To do this with a certain degree of success you will need a pair of headphones, ideally the large "Princess Leia" over the ear ones would be best, little personal in the ear ones will do at a push but a halfway decent pair of larger headphones doesn't need to cost the earth either, see what you can achieve with what you've got initially and take it from there. The reason for the headphones is that you only want the computer to record your sons voice, it doesn't need to record the backing track as it already has that, so you don't want the backing track coming out the computer speakers as well as this will cause all kinds of weird recording feedback problems etc!! with the headphones plugged into the computer, your son will still hear the backing track and can sing along into the microphone. When done the computer will have then recorded your sons voice over the backing track which you can then save as one audio file (mp3 or WAV most universally accepted & played).
You may have to experiment with microphone levels or the levels of the backing track itself as you don't want one overpowering the other, but theres is lots of support & user guides available for audacity, I will include one here about overdubbing as its relevant & will explain the process & procedure in a little more clearer detail for you. Its looks a bit scary at first but if you follow the guides you will soon figure out how to use the software.
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_recording_multi_track_overdubs.html
I hope this helps, whilst it is involved to a degree, if you already have a laptop or pc you can get a ground level recording studio for very minimal, if any, spend at all :)
Any other queries or if what I've just typed was a bit much, just give us a shout back, as Mathis says, we're happy to help :)
DJ R.I.P
Thanks so much, DJ; we will give it a go!
Sanjay Dhinakar
actually would you tell me how can i listen the recorded song before uploading the file
Monica Hershaft
Can you record directly into soundcloud or do you have to record elsewhere and then upload?
Nate Taylor
Okay so I am simply having trouble how to just record any sound. I have searched everywhere and can NOT Find a way to just record


Three elite runners backed by a small army of scientists will on Saturday attempt an audacious assault on the boundaries of the possible by trying to run a marathon in less than two hours.
Reigning Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya, Ethiopia's Lelisa Desisa and Eritrea's Zersenay Tadese will aim to complete the classic marathon distance of 26.2 miles (42.195 kilometres) in 1hr 59min 59 sec or faster on a fixed loop at the Monza National Autodrome racing circuit in Italy.
In their pursuit of sporting immortality the trio will need to set a ferocious pace of 4min 34sec per mile -- seven seconds quicker than the pace of the existing world record of 2:02:57 set by Dennis Kimetto of Kenya at the 2014 Berlin Marathon.
In many respects it is the distance running equivalent of attempting to put a man on the Moon, requiring the sort of evolutionary leap against the clock that is usually only achieved over decades.
But increasingly scientists are convinced that the sub-two-hour marathon is achievable.
"People have been thinking about the magical sub-two-hour marathon for a long time," said Wouter Hoogkamer, lead researcher of a study recently published by the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Hoogkamer's team set out a series of mathematical calculations demonstrating how an elite marathon runner could break the two-hour barrier.
"Our calculations show that a sub-two-hour marathon time could happen right now, but it would require the right course and a lot of organisation," Hoogkamer said in the study published by the journal Sports Medicine.
Slicing roughly three minutes off the marathon world record requires a perfect alignment of human physiology, state-of-the-art equipment and perfect conditions.
Kipchoge, Desisa and Tadese were selected by Nike after an exhaustive analysis of their physical make-up and technique.
"We have spent a long time exploring many dimensions of their performance, like the maximum oxygen an athlete can consume; the critical speed, or threshold an athlete is capable of maintaining; and the energy required; to their economy of running," a spokeswoman for Nike told AFP.
"We know that these runners are perfectly equipped and wanting to run something that has never been run before."
The Colorado study estimated that to be successful, runners would need to wear shoes roughly 100 grams lighter than those worn by Kimetto during his 2014 world record.
Nike produced shoes to be worn by the athletes making the attempt, the "Zoom Elite", pitched as the ideal blend of weightlessness, energy return and aerodynamics.
Preparations for the sub-two-hour attempt have been encouraging. At a test event in Monza, Kipchoge completed a half-marathon on the circuit in a time of 59min 17sec.
Even if the Nike-backed runners are successful their time will not be regarded as a formal world record by track and field's governing body, the IAAF, as it will not take place in officially sanctioned race conditions.
Nike is unfazed by this.
"The course will be IAAF ratified and will meet to all marathon course requirements including independently measured course distance, start versus finish location and course elevation," a spokeswoman told AFP.
Other observers question whether the sub-two-hour attempt even needs the stamp of approval from the IAAF.
Ed Caesar, author of the 2015 book "Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon", notes that Roger Bannister's iconic breaching of the four-minute-mile barrier in 1954 was frowned upon in certain quarters because of the Briton's use of pace runners.
"People thought it was cheapening to have two other guys helping Bannister, but we don't remember that," Caesar told The Wall Street Journal.
"There are always ideas of what is sportsmanlike, but the fact is we are interested on whether it's possible to run a marathon in less than two hours."


In this episode of the Detroit Lions Podcast, Chris and Case destroy the end of the slow news season with our Training Camp Preview episode. First off, *do not miss* the bar takeover at the Drafting Table Brewing Company in Wixom, Michigan on August 5th. This week we start off with our cornerstone "This Week In Reddit" segment, follow that up with a good long chat with Fox 2 Detroit Sports Director and voice of the Detroit Lions Radio Network, Dan Miller, and round things out with "the Riz", Jeff Risdon, dropping "Risdon's Wisdom".
Don't miss the Detroit Lions Podcast bar takeover event at the Drafting Table Brewing Company in Wixom, Michigan on August 5th at 7:00pm. Many people from the Detroit Lions Podcast staff will be there, including Chris from the podcast and many of the staff writers. We will also be joined by the Riz and a few great friends of the show! This is a can't miss opportunity to get together with the best Lions fans and writers in the Detroit area for some great fun. Space will be limited, so be sure to follow @DetLionsPodcast on Twitter to RSVP!
Don't forget that the Detroit Lions Podcast Fantasy Football League is back! Not only is it back, its going to be better than ever. Be sure to hit the website to join the league and get in-depth information about the rules.
OK, there's a lot going on, but let's talk about this week's show. First, Chris and Case break down the most important questions and answers leading up to Lions Training Camp. Chad Ochocinco? Offensive line hype? Case's man crush on Zach Zenner? We break it all down.
Dan Miller joins to discuss the Lions preseason situation. He's not big on predictions, but brings a huge dose of reality to the show as he talks about the areas we need to see improvement, and the players we need to deliver to see the Lions take the next step. Dan doesn't shy away from tough questions and brings a unique take to this conversation. As always, missing Dan's take would be a huge mistake.
The Riz is back! He joins to give us his preview of the Lions Training camp, what to watch for, and where the team stands with its currently inured players. The list of walking wounded is definitely one to watch, and the Riz brings great insight.


A family of mice buried in the walls or some untreated woodworm in the basement. Just a few nasty discoveries you might make when moving into a new house. Sometimes, you can strike it rich like luxury fashion brand Oscar de la Renta, which discovered a 17th century painting hidden behind the walls of its new store in Paris.
The extraordinary 10-by-20-foot oil painting was uncovered by workers while converting the 19th century property on the Rue de Marignan into a new Oscar de la Renta boutique. When they removed a wooden partition they found padded cloth behind it. Beneath the cloth lay an enormous canvas glued to the wall.
Blackened by dirt, the painting was nonetheless found in remarkably good condition. "It is so rare to find an artwork of this age in such a good state," art restorer Benoît Janson explained, "It is absolute bliss, this inexplicable holy grail". Restoration work by Janson and his Paris workshop, Atelier Nouvelle Tendance, has enabled art historians to identify the painting as a scene from 17th century Jerusalem.
Old Master expert, Stéphane Pinta, found a copy of the work in 'Odyssey of an Ambassador: The Travels of the Marquis de Nointel 1670-1680' (1900). The book by Albert Vandal charts the travels of French marquis Charles-Marie-François Olier, King Louis XIV's ambassador to the Ottoman Court. The painting was created by Arnould de Vuez in 1674 during the reign of the Sun King.
It is unclear why the work was hidden within the walls of the property which was once home to a French noble family and became an office for an insurance brokerage. One theory is that it was buried out of sight of the Nazis who plundered some 650,000 artworks during the Second World War around 110,000 of which belonged to Jewish families.
Chief Executive of Oscar de la Renta, Alex Bolen has secured permission from the owners of the building on the Rue de Marignan to keep the painting during his tenancy as long as he foots the restoration bill. Janson and his team have been working on the painting for a month and a half and it will take around two more months to complete the restoration.
At first Bolen wanted the canvas removed to save time so he could open his new boutique for Paris Fashion week. His wife convinced him we would suffer 100 years of bad luck if he did and so Bolen chose to pay for the restoration and open his store in Spring with the added sophistication of a bonafide masterpiece as the centrepiece of the interior design.


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Q: Spring Filter - "No thread-bound request found" if an invalid route was called I want to add a Correlation-Id header to all responses by using a Spring filter.
It worked great so far, but if I call a route which does not match to a resource I get a java.lang.IllegalStateException exception.
My filter looks like this:
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
import org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter;

import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.UUID;

public class AttachCorrelationIdHeaderFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AttachCorrelationIdHeaderFilter.class);

    private String correlationIdHeaderName = "";

    public AttachCorrelationIdHeaderFilter(String correlationIdHeaderName) {
        this.correlationIdHeaderName = correlationIdHeaderName;
    }

    @Override
    protected void doFilterInternal(HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse httpServletResponse, FilterChain filterChain) throws ServletException, IOException {
        String correlationId = httpServletRequest.getHeader(this.correlationIdHeaderName);

        if (correlationId == null || correlationId.isEmpty()) {
            correlationId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
            LOGGER.debug("Generated new Correlation-Id {}", correlationId);
        } else {
            LOGGER.debug("Use existing Correlation-Id {}", correlationId);
        }

        httpServletResponse.addHeader(this.correlationIdHeaderName, correlationId);

        filterChain.doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse);
    }
}

and will be registered in a simple configuration class:
import *.AttachCorrelationIdHeaderFilter;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.FilterRegistrationBean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;

@Configuration
public class CorrelationConfiguration {
    private String correlationIdHeaderName;

    public CorrelationConfiguration(@Value("${usagebox-scs.headers.correlation-id}") String correlationIdHeaderName) {
        this.correlationIdHeaderName = correlationIdHeaderName;
    }

    @Bean
    public FilterRegistrationBean attachCorrelationIdFilter() {
        final FilterRegistrationBean filterRegistrationBean = new FilterRegistrationBean<AttachCorrelationIdHeaderFilter>();
        final AttachCorrelationIdHeaderFilter attachCorrelationIdFilter = new AttachCorrelationIdHeaderFilter(correlationIdHeaderName);

        filterRegistrationBean.setFilter(attachCorrelationIdFilter);
        filterRegistrationBean.setOrder(-1);
        return filterRegistrationBean;
    }
}

The exception looked like this:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: No thread-bound request found: Are you referring to request attributes outside of an actual web request, or processing a request outside of the originally receiving thread? If you are actually operating within a web request and still receive this message, your code is probably running outside of DispatcherServlet/DispatcherPortlet: In this case, use RequestContextListener or RequestContextFilter to expose the current request.
    at org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextHolder.currentRequestAttributes(RequestContextHolder.java:131) ~[spring-web-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils.currentRequestAttributes(WebApplicationContextUtils.java:312) ~[spring-web-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils.access$400(WebApplicationContextUtils.java:65) ~[spring-web-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils$RequestObjectFactory.getObject(WebApplicationContextUtils.java:328) ~[spring-web-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils$RequestObjectFactory.getObject(WebApplicationContextUtils.java:323) ~[spring-web-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AutowireUtils$ObjectFactoryDelegatingInvocationHandler.invoke(AutowireUtils.java:305) ~[spring-beans-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
    at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy66.getHeaderNames(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
    at *.RequestHandleEventListener.handleEvent(RequestHandleEventListener.java:29) ~[classes/:na]
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:564) ~[na:na]
    at org.springframework.context.event.ApplicationListenerMethodAdapter.doInvoke(ApplicationListenerMethodAdapter.java:261) ~[spring-context-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.event.ApplicationListenerMethodAdapter.processEvent(ApplicationListenerMethodAdapter.java:180) ~[spring-context-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.event.ApplicationListenerMethodAdapter.onApplicationEvent(ApplicationListenerMethodAdapter.java:142) ~[spring-context-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.doInvokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:172) ~[spring-context-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.invokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:165) ~[spring-context-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:139) ~[spring-context-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.publishEvent(AbstractApplicationContext.java:400) ~[spring-context-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.publishEvent(AbstractApplicationContext.java:354) ~[spring-context-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.publishRequestHandledEvent(FrameworkServlet.java:1074) ~[spring-webmvc-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1005) ~[spring-webmvc-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:866) ~[spring-webmvc-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:635) ~[tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:851) ~[spring-webmvc-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:742) ~[tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231) ~[tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) ~[tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:728) ~[tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:472) ~[tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:395) ~[tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:316) ~[tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.custom(StandardHostValve.java:395) [tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.status(StandardHostValve.java:254) [tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:177) [tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:81) [tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:87) [tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:342) [tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:803) [tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66) [tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:790) [tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1468) [tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) [tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1135) [na:na]
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635) [na:na]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) [tomcat-embed-core-8.5.31.jar:8.5.31]
    at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:844) [na:na]

Thanks for any help!

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Medieval Archaeology at the Crossroads: Excavations at the Arai Caravanserai
Kathryn Franklin, PhD Candidate
University of Chicago Department of Anthropology
2 September 2011 2:00pm
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA
Charents Str. 15
This presentation will provide an early summary of results from this summer's excavations at the Arai Caravanserai site. This caravanserai or road-inn was a node in the late medieval world trade network, which intersected the Armenian Highlands and connected Europe and the Far East. As the presentation will discuss, local sites such as the Arai caravanserai are interesting because they connect this large scale trade with questions of local politics and social life during the medieval period.
Kathryn Franklin is a senior graduate student at the University of Chicago in the Department of Anthropology. For the last four years she has worked in Armenia in connection with the joint American-Armenian Project for the Archaeology and Geography of Transcaucasian Societies (ArAGATS). Kathryn's research focuses on political economy of the late medieval period, specifically the links between local highland perceptions of politics and long distance trade. This research is fueled by a wider interest in trade as a cultural practice, and in the history of the Armenian highlands.
This event is co-sponsored by the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC), the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA, Project ArAGATS, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation. For more information, please visithttps://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=270650042947803
Xinaliq Documentation Project, in process
Tamrika Khvtisiashvili, PhD Candidate and ARISC Fellow
University of Utah, Linguistics
Caspian Business Center
Jafar Jabbarli str.40
Baku, Azerbaijan Xinalug language is a language isolate within the NorthEast Caucasian language family spoken only in one village of the high mountains of Azerbaijan. Although there are some materials available on this language, the sources are limited. It is the goal of this documentation project to create a descriptive grammar and dictionary of Xinalug language in English. It is also our intent to document the ancient traditions and history of this unique population before it is too late.
Tamrika Khvtisiashvili is a Ph.D. candidate in Descriptive Linguistics at the University of Utah, U.S. Her dissertation will be based on the grammar of Xinalug language that she intends to finish within the next 3 years. She loves the Caucasus and its cultural/linguistic diversity, thus she has chosen it to be her goal to make U.S. more aware and educated about this region, through her own work and work of her colleagues.
This talk is co-sponsored by the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC), the US-Educated Azerbaijani Alumni Association and VolkswagenStiftung (Volkswagen Foundation) in affiliation with Frankfurt University in Germany.
For more information, please visit https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=215054555219015
WiP – "Creating Brand Identity for the Georgian National Museum and New Opportunities to Join the International Museum Network"
Natalia Shelegia
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 – 6:15 PM
International School of Economics of Tbilisi (ISET)
CRRC Georgia
Zandukeli St. 16
This presentation will examine American and European museum culture, explore the methodologies that are used to create the brand identities in museums, study Western communication paradigm transformation; discover new trends affecting museum activities, examine Georgian museums concept and what is most important, adopt the researched materials and knowledge to modern Georgian museum model.
The ultimate goal of the empirical study is to describe the brand identity building process and analyze the branding methodologies, in order to broaden the knowledge about museum branding and to deliberate a set of recommendations for the Georgian National Museum. The data obtained with the qualitative research could assist museum in creation of affective branding tools for transforming Georgian museums into living and interesting, vital community resource and educational center, devoted to diffusion of knowledge and understanding in society.
Natalia Shelegia is the Director of Communications Department at the Georgian National Museum and is currently pursuing her PhD at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. She has extensive experience in PR, communications, and marketing as well as being an artist. Her website is www.natalia.ge.
W-i-P is an ongoing academic discussion series based in Tbilisi, Georgia, that takes place every Wednesday at the International School of Economics (ISET) building (16 Zandukeli Street). It is co-organized by CRRC and the American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS.
The purpose of the W-i-P series is to provide support and productive criticism to those researching and developing academic projects pertaining the Caucasus region.
For more information, please visit https://www.facebook.com/events/134939156619255/
This is the 11th talk of the Fall 2011 Works-in-Progress Series, co-sponsored by American Councils, the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), and American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC).
WiP – "Why Me?" – First Findings of the MYPLACE Project in Georgia
Tinatin Zurabishvili and Tamuna Khoshtaria, CRRC
This presentation will address the findings of the first phase of fieldwork in the MYPLACE (Memory, Youth, Political Legacy and Civic Engagement) Project.
MYPLACE is a four-year international project employing a combination of survey, interview and ethnographic research to provide new, pan-European data that not only will measure levels of civil participation of the young people (aged 16 to 25), but also capture the meanings young people attach to it.
Dr. Tinatin Zurabishvili has been coordinating the CRRC Caucasus Barometer survey since 2007 and the MYPLACE project since 2011. Since 1999 she has taught BA and MA courses in sociology, focusing on research methods, at Telavi State University and at the Center for Social Sciences of Tbilisi State University, where she was a Civic Education Project (CEP) Local Faculty Fellow (2001-2003) and Academic Fellowship Program Returning Scholar (2005-2006). Since 2010, she has been teaching at the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA). Prior to teaching in Georgia, between1999 and 2001 Dr. Zurabishvili served as a junior researcher for Yale University's Poverty, Ethnicity and Gender in Eastern Europe during Market Transition project. Dr. Zurabishvili also worked for five years as a sociologist at the Russian Center for Public Opinion and Market Research (now the Levada Center), where she worked on the Russian Public Opinion Monitor.
Tamuna Khoshtaria is a research associate at CRRC. She holds a BA and MA in Social Sciences from Tbilisi State University. During her MA study she was awarded a scholarship to study at Humboldt University in Berlin, where she spent a year conducting qualitative research in family sociology.
For more information, please visit https://www.facebook.com/events/306278279394172/?notif_t=event_invite
WiP – "Results of a Language Status Experiment in Georgia"
Timothy Blauvelt
This presentation will highlight the results of a "matched-guise" experiment in language status conducted on a large sample of young people in Tbilisi, Samtskhe-Javakheti and Kvemo Kartli in 2010. This experimental design isolates the cognitive mechanism of language status in the minds of the respondents, which makes it an ideal technology for studying the status of various languages in contemporary Georgia as well as the incentives and costs for assimilation of minorities into the Georgian majority. This project was partially funded by CRRC.
Timothy Blauvelt has a PhD in Political Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and has been working in the region for more than a decade. He has been Country Director in Georgia for American Councils since 2003, and is Associate Professor of Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies at Ilia State University. He was a Visiting Fulbright Professor in Georgia in 2002-3, and in 2006-2011 he lectured on Soviet political history at Tbilisi State University. He has published numerous articles on Soviet politics, clientalism, nationality policy, and ethnic mobilization in Europe-Asia Studies, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Kritika, War & Society, and Nationalities Papers.
W-i-P is an ongoing academic discussion series based in Tbilisi, Georgia, that takes place every Wednesday at the International School of Economics (ISET) building (16 Zandukeli Street). It is co-organized by CRRC, the American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS and the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC).
For more information, please see https://www.facebook.com/events/156665297767326/
This is the 9th talk of the Fall 2011 Works-in-Progress Series, co-sponsored by American Councils, the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), and American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC).
Lecture: Uncovering the 1956 Georgian Protests and Their Memory
Melissa F. Gayan
Ph.D. Candidate in History, Emory University
ARISC Fellow
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 5:00pm
Ilia University
Austrian Library
3/5 Cholokashvili Str. room H105
This presentation introduces Ms. Gayan's dissertation project which examines Georgian reaction to Khrushchev's February 1956 "Secret Speech." The project focuses on the multi-leveled contested cultural nature of national identity in the Soviet Union. She will place this event in the current historiography, speak about methodology and source problems, and explain why this topic is still relevant to scholarship. Finally she will share how her project has turned to questions of how these events have been remembered or forgotten.
Melissa Gayan is a history Ph.D. candidate at Emory University specializing in Russia and the former Soviet Union with a focus on the Caucasus. Ms. Gayan's dissertation topic is on the 1956 Georgian pro-Stalinist, anti-Soviet protests which took place after Nikita Khrushchev's February 1956 "Secret Speech." She also holds a Master's Degree in History from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where her thesis examined Russian influence in Georgia during the first ten years after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Ms. Gayan has been a teacher for many years in both public schools, institutes, and universities. She lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, cat, and two dogs.
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This talk is co-sponsored by the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus, Ilia University, and also made possible by a Russian and East European Studies Graduate Travel Grant from Emory University.
Cohesion and Coercion in the Ruling Parties of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
Eli Feiman, PhD candidate at Brown University
Thursday, 30 June, 2011 at 18.00
3/4 Cholokashvili str.
Auditorium H105
This talk will address the formation, growth, and in some cases collapse of the ruling political parties of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. By examining cohesion among party elites and by examining the various other tools which parties use, he will present the different trajectories of the parties over the past 20 years. His dissertation addresses the issues of democratization and the consolidation of political institutions, and examines these topics in the South Caucasus where these processes are still underway. This talk draws from interviews with political actors, election returns, internal party documents, and archival research.
Eli Feiman is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Political Science at Brown University. He is currently an ARISC Graduate Fellow in Georgia and is conducting field research for a dissertation on political party development in the South Caucasus. He received an MA in Political Science from Brown University (2008) and holds a BA in Slavic Languages and Literature from Yale University (2002). He research interests include the formation and consolidation of political institutions, patronage and clientelism, informal politics, and durable authoritarianism.
This talk is co-sponsored by the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) and Ilia University.
For more information or to RSVP, please visit https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=225526637472503
Bridging Two Continents: Archaeology at Samtavro in the Central Caucasus
Antonio (Tony) Sagona
32, Chavchavadze Ave.
101 Auditorium
The talk will provide an overview of three years of renewed excavations(2008-2010) at the important cemetery site of Samtavro in central Georgia. A collaborative Project between the Georgian National Museum and the University of Melbourne, the excavations have provided new and intriguing information for the period between 100 BC and AD 500. The talk will present a range of evidence from a diversity of mortuary practices through social customs to tantalizing hints of possible connections with Europe at the end of the Roman Empire.
Antonio Sagona is a professor of Archaeology at the University of Melbourne. His research interests have centered on ancient Turkey and the Caucasus. He is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities and an elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, London. His latest book, co-authored with Paul Zimansky, is Ancient Turkey, A Survey from the Earliest Settlements to the End of the Iron Age.
This talk is co-sponsored by the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC), Ilia University, the Georgian National Museum, the University of Melbourne and the Australian Research Council.
For more information and to RSVP, please visit https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=208766215826668
Pencils and Erasers: Harmonizing Georgian Chant in the Early 20th Century
John A. Graham (Princeton University Graduate School)
ISET Lecture Hall
Faced with the task of organizing thousands of rough-draft chant transcriptions, three monks labored diligently during the period 1912-1915 to harmonize unfinished chants. It is well known that Ekvtime Kereselidze commissioned master-chanter Razhden Khundadze to harmonize more than one thousand chant melodies, but recent research on three manuscripts (National Centre of Manuscripts Q687, Q688, Q689) reveals that his harmonizations were later erased and rewritten. Stylistic differences point to a mysterious third chanter who contributed significantly to the way chant is harmonized and performed today.
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The purpose of the Works-in-Progress series is to provide support and productive criticism to those researching and developing academic projects pertaining to Georgia and the Caucasus region.
The talk is being co-sponsored by the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), American Councils for International Education, and the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC).
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var _ = require('lodash')
    , stringUtil = require('./util/string')
    , statsUtil = require('./util/stats')
    , numberUtil = require('./util/number')
    , g = require('./generators');

/**
 * Weighted array of available character generators based on Zipf's distribution curve
 * The highter a generator is on the list, the more likely it is to be used.
 */
var generators = [
    g.getTopic,
    g.getCountry,
    g.getCelebrity,
    g.getWord,
    g.getCapital,
    g.getSize,
    g.getDate,
    g.getNumbers,
    g.getPlacement
];

var distributionCurve = statsUtil.getZipfDistribution(generators);

var NaturalNameGenerator = function(){
};

NaturalNameGenerator.prototype = {

    /**
     * Generates a random filename
     * @param {String} extension The file extension e.g 'jpg'
     * @returns {String}
     */
    generate: function(extension){

        var seperator = g.getWordSeperator();

        var res = [],
            ext = extension || '';

        ext = ext.replace('.', '');

        var generators = getGenerators();

        for(var i = 0; i < generators.length; i++){

            var generator = generators[i],
                part = stringUtil.cleanText(stringUtil.dasherize(generator.call()));

            if(i < generators.length - 1){
                part += seperator;
            }

            res.push(part);
        }

        return res.join('') + (ext ? '.' + ext : '');
    }
};

/**
 * Returns a random weighted list with a random number of contents generators
 * @returns {Array}
 */
var getGenerators = function(){

    var res = [],
        numPresets = numberUtil.rand(2, generators.length);

    for(var i = 0; i < numPresets; i++){
        res.push(statsUtil.getRandomItem(generators, distributionCurve));
    }

    return _.uniq(res);
};

module.exports = NaturalNameGenerator;

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Barrio San Pedro Pescador is a village and municipality in Chaco Province in northern Argentina, located on the thin coastal levee of the Paraná River. The town is located in the Primero de Mayo Department and reports administratively to the Colonia Benitez municipality. It occupies the left side of the Chaco end of the General Manuel Belgrano Bridge, which links the province of Chaco with the city of Corrientes. The low-lying and floodable characteristics of the right bank of the Parana River are not conducive for human settlement, San Pedro Pescador being Chaco's only urban settlement located on the main channel of this river. Paradoxically the Parana River is the main source of livelihood (fishing) and its main threat, because of the periodic floods that force temporary abandonment by its inhabitants.

Its inhabitants maintain educational, work or business links with both Gran Resistencia as well as Gran Corrientes. It was declared a Patrimonio Histórico, Cultural y Natural (Historical, Cultural and Natural Heritage) because of its riverfront location, traditional fishing as the main breadwinner of its inhabitants and for being the head of the construction of the interprovincial bridge.

Population
Barrio San Pedro Pescador had 646 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001), representing an increase of 54.5% compared with the 418 inhabitants (INDEC, 1991) of the previous census.

Toponym
The name Barrio San Pedro Pescador is a clear reference to Simon Peter, an apostle of Jesus of Nazareth and a professional fisherman. The identification of the site with fishing is such that it is popularly known as Barrio de los Pescadores (Fishermen's District).

History
The settlement emerged in response to the Paraná River flood of 1982, when inhabitants of the banks and islands settled in the old General Manuel Belgrano Bridge workshop after losing their homes. After the dissipation of the flood waters many stayed in the area, taking advantage of the altitude. The then de facto governor, José David Ruiz Palacios, built 35 small houses and a health center that still exists to date. The inhabitants were and continue to be fishermen who made their living from the Paraná River and sold them in the growing local markets of Resistencia and Corrientes. Over the years the town has grown in population, completely occupying the few hectares of highlands available.

In 2010, a fierce debate for a provincial government project to install a riverfront casino resulted in its cancellation following opposition from a section of the population. The same sector prompted the declaration of the district as Patrimonio Histórico, Cultural y Natural (Historical, Cultural and Natural Heritage) in 2011.

Geography

The coastal levee is the result of the accumulation of sediments of the Parana River on the shore; it is low rise, not higher than the 3 meter canyon, and is bounded on the east by the river and on the west by residual lagoons from former water channels. Its width does not exceed 250 meters, while the built portion covers about 600 meters long. Some fields are cultivated in the low semi-permanent floodplains.

The neighborhood is in a wedge in the Primero de Mayo Department above the San Fernando Department, and is administratively attached to the municipality of Colonia Benitez. The nearest populations are Corrientes at 1,700 meters, Barranqueras at 6 kilometers, and Resistencia at 9 kilometers, while Colonia Benitez is about 17 kilometers away.

Infrastructure
Barrio San Pedro Pescador has a primary school, and since 2008 a high school has been operating at the same venue. Students attend from the neighbourhood and surrounding areas. The neighbourhood also has a level 2 health center.

Economy
The dependence on Colonia Benitez is purely administrative, since the excellent communications and the size of the economies of Gran Resistencia and Gran Corrientes permit a functional dependency. Barrio San Pedro Pescador is not attached to any of these agglomerates as a result of insurmountable natural barriers, namely the Paraná river with Corrientes and a series of depressions and ponds with Gran Resistencia. Barrio San Pedro Pescador is an example of the growing cultural and economic integration between the two metropolitan areas.

Communication routes

The main access route is via National Route No. 16, which connects it to the west with the cities of Barranqueras and Resistencia, and to the east with the city of Corrientes across the General Manuel Belgrano Bridge, the first Argentine bridge over the Paraná River. It may also be considered as an access to Provincial Route 63, located 3 miles to the west and 3 kilometers to the north, reaching it by the aforementioned Route 16 or by a road that runs along the Parana River up to the Antequera jetty. Route 63 takes it north to the Isla del Cerrito and south to Barranqueras and Puerto Vilelas.

With respect to inland waterways, it has a small dock on the river Paraná and a beach of no more than 50 meters wide from which the fishermen prepare their journey.

References

Populated places in Chaco Province