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Lyrics from "Rara" by Luiz Carlos da Vila and Nelson Sargento (on Benza, Deus; 2004)
Lara, o seu laraiá é lindo // Lara, your lara-iá is beautiful
Rara ao bailar sorrindo // Exquisite, dancing with a smile
são canções de quem tanto, tantos // They're the songs of she who so many
corações retém com o seu canto. //hearts keeps so close with her song.
Baila e baila o ar // [She/ it] dances, and the air begins to dance
que ouvindo, vai lá, vem cá // and listening, goes hither and thither
e o mar ao ouvir // and the sea, upon hearing
traz o luar mais pra si // draws the moonlight closer in
faz o jardim beija-flor // makes the hummingbird garden
e o sol se põe a aplaudir // and the sun sets to applauding
o samba que a terra criou // the samba that the earth created
em Lara a mais clara versão do amor // in Lara, the most luminous version of love.
— Commentary —
Walter Alfaiate, Dona Ivone Lara, Moacyr Luz, Beth Carvalho, Luiz Carlos da Vila and João Nogueira on the cover of their 1999 album "Esquina Carioca."
Nelson Sargento, grande Mangueirense and Vascaino, composed the melody for this samba.
Since today, April 13, 2015, is Dona Ivone Lara's 94th birthday, I wanted to post the song that I think is the most beautiful tribute to her, by her friends and fellow sambistas Nelson Sargento (b. July 25, 1924) and the late, deeply cherished Luiz Carlos da Vila (July 21, 1949 – October 20, 2008). Sargento composed the melody and Luiz Carlos da Vila wrote the lyrics, which reveal his singular knack for beautifully humanizing elements of nature in his sambas. My impression is that lara-iá is just a mixture of Lara's name and the common samba chorus "lá-iá-iá." The line that says "[she/it] dances" is because it could be referring to Lara herself, but seems to be referring to her song — either way, essentially the same message.
L-R: Wilson Moreira, Aldir Blanc, Luiz Carlos da Vila and Moacyr Luz, celebrating their new samba "Cabô meu pai."
Dona Ivone Lara is one of Rio de Janeiro's most revered female samba singers and composers — the most venerated still alive today. She's been a member of Império Serrano samba school since its founding in 1947, and prior to that, was part of the school Império Serrano broke off from, Prazer da Serrinha. She composed some of the genre's all-time greatest successes, such as "Acreditar" (1976, with Délcio Carvalho, released initially by fellow imperiano Roberto Ribeiro); "Alguém me avisou" (1980); "Sorriso Negro" (1981); "Enredo do meu samba" (1981, with Jorge Aragão); "Mas quem disse que te esqueço" (1981, with Hermínio Bello de Carvalho); "Sonho Meu" (1978, with Délcio Carvalho); and the samba-enredo "Os Cinco Bailes da História do Rio" (1965, with Silas de Oliveira — the unrivaled master of samba-enredo –for Império Serrano). Here are images from the 1965 Carnaval parade:
Since Carnaval 1965, Lara has been erroneously credited with being the first female composer to have one of her compositions played on the avenue during Carnaval. That particular honor actually goes to Carmelita Brasil, founder, president and composer for Unidos da Ponte, which paraded to her samba in 1958. In the 1930s, Amélia Pires was already composing for the samba school Unidos da Tijuca, although there's no record of her having composed a samba-enredo for the school.
But that's not to diminish the importance of her treasured samba compositions, her moving performances and her powerful presence in the male-dominated samba world since the 1960s. Parabéns pra Dona Ivone Lara!
Dona Ivone Lara on the cavaquinho.
Dona Ivone Lara in Carnaval 1985.
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"A voz do morro" and "Acender as velas"
May 18, 2014 December 12, 2014 lyricalbrazil1 Comment
Lyrics from "A voz do morro" by Zé Kéti (1955)
I'm samba, the voice from the morro, that's me indeed, yes sir
I want to show the world that I have worth
I'm the king of the terreiro, I'm samba
I'm native from here, from Rio de Janeiro
I'm the one who brings joy to millions of Brazilian hearts
Salve samba, we want samba
Who's asking for it is the voice of the people of a country
Salve samba, we want samba, that melody of a happy Brazil
Lyrics from "Acender as velas" by Zé Kéti (1965)
Lighting candles has become our profession
When there's no samba, there's disillusion
It's another heart that stops beating, an angel goes to heaven
God forgive me, but I'm going to say it, the doctor arrived too late
Because up on the morro, there's no automobile to go up
No telephone to call, and no beauty to be seen
And we die without wanting to die
— Interpretation —
L-R: Billy Blanco, Odete, Dorival Caymmi (seated), Zé Kéti, Tom Jobim, and Cartola at Zicartola. Zé Kéti was largely responsible for bringing together the worlds of bossa nova and samba from the morros of Rio de Janeiro in the early 1960s.
Scene in the favela in Rio, 40 Graus.
"A voz do morro" was the samba that brought fame to Zé Kéti in 1955, when it rolled as the theme song on Nelson Pereira dos Santos's film Rio, 40 Graus. (Along with contributing to the soundtrack, Kéti worked as second camera assistant for the film and played a small part as the character Neguinho.) On its own, "A voz do morro" seems like an everyday samba-exaltação, celebrating the nation and the genre; the lyrics alone don't betray protest or even melancholy. But set against the backdrop of Santos's film, which follows the lives of five boys from the favela selling peanuts in rich areas of Rio de Janeiro on a scorching summer day, the song is deeply poignant and political. The movie contrasts the lives of these boys with the lives of their rich white neighbors in Copacabana and with the luxuriant natural beauty of the city itself. When it was released, it laid bare in a queasy fashion the class conflict and exploitation of Afro-Brazilian favelados that ran deep in Rio de Janeiro, but that the government, media, and city by and large turned a blind eye to. The movie was styled in the postwar Italian neorealist model of political dramas that mimic documentaries, and marked the start of the Cinema Novo period in Brazil.
Ten years later, Kéti's low-spirited samba "Acender as velas" brought the same themes to light, but this time more acutely. Kéti wrote the song for Ronaldo Bôscoli, who was doing a vignette on his TV show about the hopeless situation of a sick boy in a favela. The samba was released in the wake of the 1964 coup that installed a military dictatorship in Brazil. The military government quickly embarked on a series of harsh and misguided policies for dealing with Rio's favelas, and Kéti's sambas responded to this treatment.
Kéti spelled his name in a number of different ways; this ID shows one of them.
Zé Kéti — whose full name was José Flores de Jesús — was born in Inhaúma, Rio de Janeiro, on September 16, 1921. His nickname Kéti is an adaptation of "quietinho" – or well-behaved. He explained his name saying "quietinho" became "quieti," which he changed to Kéti because "K was in fashion at the time — Khrushchev, Kennedy, Kubitschek."
Kéti grew up at his grandfather's house in Bangu until 1928, when he and his mother moved to Dona Clara, a section of the north-zone neighborhood Madureira, the samba bastion that's home to the samba schools Portela and Império Serrano. In this 1973 documentary, Kéti recounts that his grandfather was a piano and flute player who was friends with Pixinguinha and Cândido das Neves. Kéti's father was also a composer, guitar and cavaquinho player, and Kéti attributes his fascination with music from a young age to their influence. Kéti's father died when Kéti was still a young boy, apparently poisoned by an ex-lover. (The samba "Meu pai morreu" is about this story; Keti said his father went crazy and died on Rio's Praia Vermelha.) Kéti's mother, a fabric factory worker and domestic servant, brought him along on her nights out at samba bars, and Kéti said he would always sit near the music – entranced – rather than playing with the other kids. Eventually his mother granted his pleas for a flute, and he started making music.
Zé Kéti followed in Ciro Monteiro's footsteps playing percussion on a matchbox. He said to play, the matchbox couldn't be too full nor too empty.
As a young man Kéti began frequenting the Portela samba school and composing. When he was 24, the group Vocalistas Tropicais released his composition "Tio Sam no samba," marking his first samba to be recorded. Shortly after, Ciro Monteiro – Kéti's inspiration in the art of playing percussion on a matchbox – recorded Kéti's samba "Vivo bem." But again, fame only came years later, in the mid-1950s: Nelson Pereira dos Santos was looking for a sambista for the soundtrack for Rio, 40 Graus, and actor Artur Vargas Junior brought Zé Kéti in to sing for him. Santos was enchanted – so much so that, as relates in this program, his next film with a similar theme, Rio, Zona Norte, was a tribute to Zé Kéti, who was represented by Grande Otelo's character.
Standing, L-R: Anescarzinho do Salgueiro, Jair do Cavaquinho, Paulinho da Viola and Zé Kéti at Zicartola.
In 1963, Cartola and his wife Zica opened their legendary restaurant Zicartola and appointed Zé Kéti as artistic director of the house. Kéti was largely responsible for launching the careers of samba greats including Paulinho da Viola, who went into Zicartola in 1964 as the unknown Paulo Cesar and quickly rose to fame under his new artistic name. In the same 1973 documentary, Kéti says Paulinho's nickname was, "modesty aside, given by his friend Zé Kéti," inspired by Império Serrano's Mano Décio da Viola. Kéti's friend, journalist Sérgio Cabral, hastily used the nickname in his newspaper column and it thus became official.
During his time at Zicartola, Zé Kéti became friends with Carlos Lyra, and the two made a deal: Kéti would take Lyra to samba schools in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro if Lyra introduced Kéti in the bossa-nova-dominated Zona Sul. That's how Zé Kéti ended up playing a pivotal role in popularizing samba from Rio's morros among the city's elite, and throughout the country and the world.
João do Vale, Zé Kéti, and Nara Leão on stage with the show Opinião.
In 1964, Carlos Lyra introduced Kéti to Nara Leão, the "muse of bossa nova" who was increasingly fed up with that genre. In light of the country's political plight, Nara deemed bossa nova nauseatingly apolitical: "[Bossa nova] always has the same theme: love-flower-sea-love-flower-sea, and it goes on ad infinitum." In a controversial interview with the magazine Fatos e Fotos, she continued, "I want pure samba, which has much more to say for itself, which is the people's way of expressing themselves, and not something written by a small group for another small group." Kéti showed Nara his samba "Diz que fui por aí," which she recorded on her first LP, Nara, that same year. In late 1964 Nara released a second album, Opinião da Nara, with "Acender as velas" and Kéti's equally political samba "Opinião." The latter protested the military government's policy of removing favelas around Rio's Zona Sul and relocating residents to distant developments with names like Vila Kennedy, in honor of the government that was financing the ill-advised initiative. The refrain for that song says, "They can take me prisoner/They can beat me/They can even make me go without food/But I won't change my opinion/I won't leave the morro."
Also in late 1964, the Teatro Arena opened up in Copacabana and Zé Kéti was invited to act alongside Nara Leão and João do Vale in a musical play named after his samba "Opinião." The show addressed social strife in Rio through the three characters: João do Vale played a northeastern migrant, Kéti played the part of the malandro carioca, and Nara played the rich student from the Zona Sul. They toured the country with the tremendously popular play; the theater ended up taking on the name Opinião, and when Nara Leão took time off to rest her voice, she recommended Maria Bethânia as her replacement, and another star was revealed.
R-L: Zé Kéti, Paulinho da Viola, and the Velha Guarda da Portela.
Among Kéti's other major hits is the Carnival march "Mascara Negra" (1967, with Hildebrando Pereira Matos), which won first place in the 1967 Carnival contest and remains one of Brazil's most beloved Carnival themes. Kéti was soft spoken, humble, and good humored, a devoted member of the Portela samba school and fan of the Vasco da Gama football club. He died on November 14, 1999, a year after receiving the prestigious Shell Prize for MPB, and a few months after the death of his close friend Carlos Cachaça, which had left him deeply distraught. He was buried in Inhaúma, with the blue-and-white Portela flag, as "Voz do morro" played in the background.
A few notes on the translations: morro means hill or hillside, but here and in general refers to the community on the hillside – the favela; terreiro was the space where Afro-Brazilian religions were practiced and where samba was created and performed; and the line "we die without wanting to die" could also be translated as "the people die without wanting to die," since the Portuguese line says a gente, which can mean both "we" or "the people." Since a gente is almost exclusively used in Rio to mean "we," that's how I translated it in the song.
Lyrics in Portuguese: "A voz do morro"
Eu sou o samba
A voz do morro sou eu mesmo sim senhor
Quero mostrar ao mundo que tenho valor
Eu sou o rei do terreiro
Sou natural daqui do Rio de Janeiro
Sou eu quem levo a alegria
Para milhões de corações brasileiros
Salve o samba, queremos samba
Quem está pedindo é a voz do povo de um país
Essa melodia de um Brasil feliz
Lyrics in Portuguese: "Acender as velas"
Acender as velas
Já é profissão
Quando não tem samba
Tem desilusão
É mais um coração
Que deixa de bater
Um anjo vai pro céu
Deus me perdoe
Mas vou dizer
O doutor chegou tarde demais
Porque no morro
Não tem automóvel pra subir
Não tem telefone pra chamar
E não tem beleza pra se ver
E a gente morre sem querer morrer
Main sources for this post: Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil by Bryan McCann; Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music that Seduced the World by Ruy Castro; and A Canção no Tempo: 85 Anos de Músicas Brasileiras, vol. 1 &2, by Jairo Severiano and Zuza Homem de Mello.
Posted in Uncategorized, Zé KétiTagged Acender as velas, Carlos Lyra, Dictatorship, english translation, letra, Lyrical Brazil, lyrics, Lyrics in English, Military Dictatorship, MPB, musica de protesto, musica popular brasileira, Nara Leão, Opinião, Portela, Rio de Janeiro, Samba, samba de raiz, translation, Voz do morro, Zé Kéti, Zicartola


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Category: Aqeeqah and rulings on the new-born
Is it sunnah to shave the hair of a newborn girl?
Dear Brothers & Sisters,
As-Salaamu-Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
Regarding answer to ?14248 how did the sheik come to the verdict it is not sunnah to shave girls hair,dont girls have the harm in thier hair as well,is there difference of opinion.
If a person changes his name, does he have to offer another 'aqeeqah on his own behalf?
There is nothing wrong with slaughtering the 'aqeeqah and distributing the meat raw
Praise be to Allaah.
Al-Tirmidhi (1522) narrated that Samurah said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The boy is in pledge for his 'aqeeqah which should be slaughtered on his behalf on the seventh day, and he should be named and his head shaved." This hadeeth was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi, and it indicates that it is mustahabb to shave the hair of the newborn.
The fuqaha' differed with regard to shaving the head of a female newborn. The Maalikis and Shaafa'is are of the view that it should be shaved as the male's head is shaved. The Hanbalis are of the view that it should not be shaved.
The Shaafa'is quoted as evidence for shaving the head of a female the mursal report narrated by Maalik, al-Bayhaqi and others from Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn al-Husayn who said: Faatimah the daughter of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) weighed the hair of Hasan, Husayn, Zaynab and Umm Kalthoom, and gave the equivalent weight in silver in charity. Al-Bayhaqi also narrated it in a marfoo' report from 'Ali (may Allaah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told Faatimah to give charity equal to the weight in silver of the hair of al-Husayn. Al-Nawawi said: There is some weakness in its isnaad.
The argument of the Hanbalis is based on the fact that in principle women are not allowed to shave their heads, and there is no report concerning shaving the newborn except in the case of a boy.
Ibn Qudaamah said in al-Mughni (1/104): It is proven in the reports that it is makrooh for a woman to shave her head unnecessarily. Abu Moosa said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) disavowed himself of women who raise their voices and shave their heads (at times of loss). Agreed upon.
Al-Khallaal narrated with his isnaad from Qataadah that 'Ikrimah said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade women to shave their heads, and al-Hasan said: It is mutilation – i.e., changing the creation of Allaah.
Because there is no saheeh hadeeth which speaks of shaving the head of a newborn female, the principle remains, which is that it is forbidden to shave the head.
See: Sharh al-Khurashi 'ala Mukhtasar Khaleel (3/48); al-Majmoo' (8/406); Kishshaaf al-Qinaa' (3/29).
With regard to the command to remove the harm that is mentioned in the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), "With the boy there is his 'aqeeqah so shed blood on his behalf and remove the harm from him" (narrated by al-Bukhaari (5471), the phrase "remove the harm" may be interpreted in different ways. It was said that what is meant is shaving the head, or removing any dirt that is on it, such as blood etc. So it may be understood that it means it is mustahabb to wash it.
Al-Haafiz said in al-Fath (9/593): In the hadeeth of Ibn 'Abbaas that is narrated by al-Tabaraani it says: "Remove the harm from him and shave his head." So he added the idea of shaving the head after saying remove the harm. Therefore we should interpret the word adha (harm) as referring to something more general in meaning than shaving the head. This is supported by the fact in that some versions of the hadeeth of 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb it says: "and wipe the dirt from him". Narrated by Abu'l-Shaykh. End quote.
Whatever the case, the hadeeth refers to boys only (ghulaam) and this supports the view of the Hanbalis.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah's Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and well wisher in Islam
The husband gets angry when his wife gives birth to a girl
Changing hair colour and "relaxing" the hair
Islamic actions for welcoming a new baby
How can he make up for missed prayers?
What are the limits within which parents may interfere in their son's marriage? Is he sinning if he goes against their wishes?
Ruling on singling out Friday for fasting
The virtues of pregnancy
The etiquette of eating, with detailed evidence

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What are some of the challenges for tech startups in Payroll Processing Services?
As easy as it is, to begin a company; there are endless limitations and cons associated with such startups. To start a company altogether randomly, without realizing the implications of certain factors, can definitely be labelled as the mistake of a lifetime. One such limitation that poses as a constant challenge to most startups is, of course, the payroll processing services sector. Many startups tend to look into freelancers for payroll processing services, as they cannot be easily dealt with, without the right amount of experience and exposure in the field.
As for tech startups, the concept of payroll processing offers further complexities. Not only does tech have more employees, but also offer a varied range and scope for work, with differing job descriptions and designations. Besides, errors in payroll processing can lead to vastly extensive charges.
Companies often make a mistake of promising more than they can deliver. The most important thing to be remembered is that we all want profitability and sustainability. To get to that point, the company must realize that every aspect of a pay must be deeply analyzed before promising. There are many factors to be considered such as tax, labour contributions and so on.
Creativity- a boon or a bane?
With all due respect, it has to be appreciated that startups genuinely thrive on the drive and creativity that they possess. It seems to constantly push them forward to better heights and pull all sorts of clientele towards them. They keep furthering and furthering themselves creatively, which in turn gives an upper hand and an overall advantage as compared to other companies. But, how far will this take them?
In order to sustain on creativity, startups tend to overanalyze and function everywhere creatively and innovatively. This sometimes leads to a little slip or a creation of a loophole in an agreement or a law. Besides, there also occur a few slips and hidden arguments with respect to how to creatively miss paying employees or the whole concept of unpaid leaves. This can lead to some serious consequences for startups in the future.
How green do we go?
Environmentalists will argue, but it cannot be such a great idea for startups to take the green route and go entirely paperless. In the age-old traditions of actually signing on a sheet of paper, there binds a contract between two parties, the company and the new employee. But with the advent of emails, there seem to be only blunt statements of agreeing to accept an employee. The agreement of dual consent is not prominently visible, and could possibly lead to problems way in the future for the company involved.
The obvious necessities of contractual agreements have, sadly and ironically, become less apparent. When people are bound together in a contract, the paperwork is far easier. Of course, it might all seem frightening and slightly unnecessary, but these will definitely help in the long run.
With all these advancements, we must, of course, be allowed some miscalculations. As human beings, we are, by default, prone to certain errors that we tend to commit over a specific period of time. Though tech companies will be advanced, there will always be this dependency on an employee for payroll processing, which leads to them committing a few mistakes. Thus, it is always better to have such work checked and rechecked extensively before it reaches a dangerous end.
Startups, with their constant buzzing and pinging environment, full of creativity and passion; are most likely to forget some basic things. These essentials slowly define the actual sustenance of the company and might place the startup in grave danger if they do not abide by them. The biggest issue of concern here would be the actual documentation of every policy that an employee undergoes. A huge responsibility of the HR person involved in hiring and recruiting of employees is to ensure that they get to know exactly what they have signed up for, and their accurate roles and responsibilities. Besides, they also need to make sure that the employee understands the company's policies, and the company's vacation days paid and unpaid leave and so on.
This isn't something related to a payroll component entirely but is more along the lines of how one bad hire can make everything go haywire. In actuality, many startups have a great amount of funding. Though this takes years of hard work and patience to procure, it disappears in days, especially when it comes to the tech field. Most large tech companies have a huge staffing, and sometimes upon trying to imitate those companies, startups might end up in trouble.
The above factors and challenges need to be kept in the mind of a tech startup because even though payroll is not exactly the income and profit producing branch of any such company, a single mistake with respect to payrolls and its components can most definitely be a large risk factor.
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La bataille de Castiglione (à Castiglione delle Stiviere) se déroule le . Elle oppose les Français commandés par les généraux Bonaparte, Masséna et Augereau à trois armées autrichiennes commandées par les généraux Quasdanovich et Wurmser.

Contexte
Le , Bonaparte est victorieux à la bataille de Montenotte. Le 21, la Sardaigne est séparée de l'Autriche et conclut une paix séparée. Les Français passent le Pô le 7 mai, le 10 ils battent l'armée de Beaulieu à la bataille du pont de Lodi sur l'Adda. Le 31 mai les Autrichiens sont rejetés derrière l'Adige. Le , Masséna occupe Vérone. En un mois et demi, l'armée française se rend maître de l'Italie, l'armée autrichienne est expulsée au-delà du Tyrol.

Bonaparte a encore avec lui  dont un certain nombre est retenu au blocus de Mantoue. Vers le 10 juillet, il reçoit le renfort de  du général Despinoy qui sont venus à bout du château de Milan le 25 juin.

L'Autriche ne s'avoue pas pour autant vaincue. L'armée de Beaulieu compte encore , et la garnison de Mantoue .  Tyroliens et  marchent vers l'Italie. Ce qui fait , prêts à venger l'Empire. Le choc est à nouveau inévitable.

La bataille
Descendant du Tyrol en deux colonnes, les Autrichiens encerclent le lac de Garde et l'armée française, mais ainsi séparés, ils sont inférieurs en nombre. L'armée française a la faculté de se rassembler rapidement. Le blocus de Mantoue est levé, Vérone évacué. Toute l'armée française est concentrée entre la Chièse et le Mincio. Laissant seulement  sous les ordres du général Valette à Castiglione pour bloquer éventuellement Wurmser qui descend la rive ouest du lac de Garde et l'empêcher de prendre ainsi son armée à revers, le 31 juillet, Bonaparte fonce sur les  qui descendent par la rive est.

Tandis que la division Sauret reçoit ordre de délivrer le général Guieu encerclé à Salò, ce qu'elle réussit, la division Dallemagne qui a pour mission de prendre Lonato, a du mal à venir à bout de l'ennemi, finit par le battre, mais ne parvient pas à prendre la ville. Le , Augereau entre à Brescia. Le 2, Masséna prend position à Ponte San Marco. Au soir, sous la pression de ses hommes, le général Valette abandonne précipitamment Castiglione. Dans cette fuite désordonnée beaucoup de soldats sont faits prisonniers.

Le 3 août au matin, l'armée française a changé de front. À l'ouest, Guieu s'en va récupérer Salò abandonnée la veille au soir par Sauret, au centre, Masséna attaque Lonato tandis qu'à l'est, Augereau attaque Castiglione, qu'il prend, perd et finalement reprend, malgré l'arrivée de renforts autrichiens. Au soir, la division autrichienne descendue par la rive droite du lac de Garde est partiellement détruite et complètement dispersée. Le 4, pendant que les restes de cette division qui s'enfuient par la vallée de la Chièse sont battus et fait prisonniers à Gavardo et à Salò, Wurmser rassemble les débris de son armée, et les forces disponibles de Mantoue. Au total  se rangent et font face, entre Medole au sud et Solférino au nord (à dix kilomètres de distance).

Bataille du Mont Medolano

La bataille du Mont Medolano, du 5 août fut la première grande victoire de Napoléon.

Le but des Français était de briser la défense du quadrilatère, tandis que les Autrichiens avaient choisi de  se ranger sur la ligne Solferino - Medole pour bloquer l'avancée des Français et  laisser le temps aux arrières de réorganiser la défense dans la forteresse de Mantoue.

La tâche des forces autrichiennes était donc assez simple : s'installer dans une position idéale pour résister aussi longtemps que possible avec les moindres pertes et se retirer ensuite dans la forteresse de Mantoue ou Peschiera, dans l'attente d'une éventuelle attaque, mais seulement si particulièrement favorable.

La théorie tactique française a été mise au point par Bonaparte et Augereau sur proposition de celui-ci, le matin du 4 août. L'idée était de tromper les Autrichiens avec une fausse attaque sur le centre du déploiement ennemi pour reculer et s'exposer ensuite  volontairement à une contre-attaque facile pour donner à Wurmser la possibilité réelle de briser en deux le déploiement français. L'arrivée ponctuelle de la division Despinoy aurait créé le nouveau centre du déploiement français, dont les ailes seraient formées par deux tronçons séparés et déjà placés sur des positions latérales préétablies : Masséna à gauche et Augereau à droite. L'arrivée de la division Sérurier de Guidizzolo aurait pris les Autrichiens par derrière, provoquant la fermeture "en tenaille".

La tactique d'Augereau était intelligente et efficace, mais pas simple à mettre en œuvre, étant donné la nécessité, pour les trois unités françaises, d'agir au bon moment - qualité très difficile pour la lenteur des communications de l'époque et pour la mesure approximative du temps, en l'absence d'horloges. La veille de la bataille, lorsque les ordres avaient déjà été envoyés, Napoléon soulève de sérieux doutes sur la réussite du plan convenu et  exprime son intention de retirer toute l'armée sur le Pô. Augereau s'oppose avec fermeté et entre les deux hommes naît une discussion qui va aboutir en dispute.
Fort de son prestige militaire et d'éclatantes victoires des jours précédents, Augereau réussit à dissiper les hésitations compréhensibles de Napoléon qui, pour la première fois, dirigeait une bataille rangée et importante.

À l'aube du 5 août, selon le plan, certaines unités des divisions de Masséna et Augereau lancent une attaque centrale contre le camp autrichien, surprenant Wurmser, soit pour l'audace, soit pour la faute inattendue de détermination des troupes françaises qui agissaient avec peu de coordination et se retiraient en désordre, s'exposant ainsi à la réaction de l'Autriche. Profitant de l'occasion, Wurmser donna l'ordre de préparer la contre-attaque.

Pendant ce temps-là, la division française Despinoy était après Montichiari, et deux demi-brigades d'avant-garde aux ordres du colonel Leclerc allaient entrer à Castiglione, conformément aux prévisions.

Tout se déroulait selon le plan d'Augereau jusqu'à 7 heures du matin, quand ils entendirent plusieurs coups de feu venant de Guidizzolo. Cet imprévu a été déterminé par une fièvre très forte qui avait frappé le général Sérurier la nuit avant et qui l'avait obligé de confier le commandement de la division au général Fiorella. Celui-ci, désireux d'affronter l'ennemi, n'avait pas été en mesure d'attendre le bon moment et était arrivé trop tôt, bouleversant le plan élaboré. Wurmser arrêta immédiatement la contre-attaque et organisa le déplacement de la deuxième ligne, près de San Cassiano, pour intercepter la division Sérurier.

Napoléon aussi avait remarqué l'erreur de Fiorella : démontrant une capacité de raisonnement et d'improvisation rare, il donna immédiatement une série d'ordres mettant en évidence une bonne connaissance de la situation et son aptitude à tourner la difficulté en opportunité inattendue, anticipant les mouvements de l'ennemi.
Pendant que la deuxième ligne autrichienne bougeait pour se ranger à San Cassiano, Bonaparte ordonna à la division Despinoy de rejoindre la division Masséna et d'attaquer l'aile droite de l'ennemi. Tout de suite et sans attendre de réponses, il  commanda une attaque imprévue sur le flanc gauche, se ruant à l'assaut du Mont Medolano avec ses forces considérables. Il avait compris que, au moment où la deuxième ligne autrichienne s'était déployée à San Cassiano, le Mont Medolano n'aurait plus représenté l'aile gauche extrême, mais la charnière entre les deux lignes autrichiennes. L'assaut du Mont Medolano aurait gravement compromis la tenue de toute la ligne du déploiement autrichien, dont les forces auraient bientôt été trop déséquilibrées à droite.

L'enlèvement de la redoute du Mont Medolano, clé de voûte de la bataille, a été précédé d'un tir d'artillerie fou, déchargé par les batteries hippomobiles du colonel Marmont. Presque simultanément, le général Verdier se lança avec ses grenadiers vers les pentes de la colline, tandis que les dragons du général Beaumont investissaient l'escadron des Uhlans. Vers 9 heures, le mamelon était fermement en possession des Français.

Dans le but de freiner une avancée dont il ne connaissait pas la portée, Wurmser ordonna le repli de son aile gauche et quelques minutes plus tard, l'aile droite était investie conjointement par les divisions Despinoy et Masséna. Tout de suite était arrangée la formation d'une seconde ligne de résistance à droite qui affaiblit encore plus la partie centrale du déploiement autrichien, rapidement attaqué et détruit par la division Augereau.

Divisé en trois sections, le corps de l'armée autrichienne n'avait pas d'autre possibilité que se replier sur Peschiera, Valeggio et Roverbella, laissant  sur le terrain et plus de  prisonniers. Même Wurmser échappa péniblement à la capture.
Dès que les Autrichiens eurent commencé la retraite, Napoléon ordonna à la cavalerie et à l'infanterie légère une poursuite immédiate de très près : non dans le but de frapper l'ennemi, mais plutôt de le forcer à une fuite précipitée et désordonnée, de façon à faire abandonner de grandes quantités de matériel de guerre dont l'armée autrichienne était bien fournie, mais qui faisaient défaut à l'armée française. La manœuvre eut pour effet de gagner une vingtaine de canons, 150 charrettes de munitions, ainsi que des provisions de bouche et de guerre.

La bataille ne fut pas décisive, mais elle est considérée par les historiens comme la plus importante pour le sort de la campagne d'Italie. Les effets bénéfiques pour les Français ont été nombreux, à commencer par l'enthousiasme suscité par une telle victoire, l'amélioration du niveau d'équipement et d'armement et enfin la conquête d'une grande partie de la vallée fertile du Pô, qui leur permettrait de passer l'automne et l'hiver sans les difficultés et les privations inhumaines subies au cours des mois précédents. Dans un sens historique plus large, le prestige militaire de Napoléon fut mis en évidence, autant aux yeux de ses soldats que de ses généraux, à qui il avait démontré savoir tirer parti y compris de leurs fautes.

Conséquences
Le 6 août, l'armée autrichienne bat en retraite dans le Tyrol, où elle tente de se reconstituer. Le 7, Sérurier entre à Vérone, et Masséna reprend les positions abandonnées le 29 juillet. Le siège de Mantoue est repris. Le 2 septembre, l'armée française commence à remonter vers le Tyrol pour tenter de faire sa jonction avec l'armée du Rhin.

La bataille de Castiglione est en fait une suite de combats qui auront duré cinq jours, pendant lesquels Wurmser perd environ  :  ou blessés et , ainsi que 70 canons et leurs caissons. Le nom de la bataille est gravé sur l'arc de triomphe à Paris.

En récompense de sa bravoure, Bonaparte désigne Augereau pour apporter au Directoire les drapeaux pris à l'ennemi. Bonaparte, devenu l'Empereur Napoléon, lui attribue pour ces mêmes raisons le titre de duc de Castiglione.

Commémoration
La rue de Castiglione à Paris rappelle le souvenir de cette bataille.

Notes et références

Sources
 Histoire du Directoire Par Bernard Adolphe Granier de Cassagnac, de Cassagnac, Adolph de Granier - 1863
 Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de France sous le règne de Napoléon, écrits à Ste.-Hélène Par Napoleon, Gaspard Gourgaud, Charles-Tristan Montholon - 1830

Liens externes

Bataille de la campagne d'Italie (1796-1797)
Bataille des guerres de la Révolution et de l'Empire impliquant l'Autriche
Bataille de Napoléon Bonaparte
Bataille Castiglione
Bataille de 1796
Août 1796
Bataille gravée sous l'arc de triomphe de l'Étoile
Castiglione delle Stiviere


Game starts at 6:04! More spooky happenings in Ravengrow as members of the party begin to speculate about the town's dark history. A member ends up covered in blood, and someone is passed out in the alley… Gosh they smell. Ew. Intro by Dave and Kelly Z.


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Chris Stapleton Adds 2 Dozen Shows to His All American Road Show Tour
Chris Stapleton's All American Road Show tour just added more shows to keep Chris on the road!
Chris just announced an additional 24 stops to All American Road Show – which will now keep him out on tour through the end of October.
Stapleton's All American Road Show kicks off in Houston in just under a month on March 17th, and as of now, will finish up back in Texas with a show in Fort Worth on October 27th.
Before he hits the road – Chris will be in Las Vegas on March 7th as a ACM Awards 5-time nominee…and he's also been announced as a performer during the show.
Plenty of people will be heading to the All American Road Show to hear this one from Chris Stapleton – it's his hit number-one song "You Should Probably Leave."
We doubt Jimmy Fallon will be joining him on the road, but the late night talk show host did fill in on the song when Stapleton appeared on The Tonight Show last Fall.
Photos Courtesy of Chris Stapleton
written by jwills | published February 21, 2022 10:55 pm
category: NCD News, NCD Tours | related posts: All American Road Show, Chris Stapleton


Parker Brent is a Registered Training Organisation solely focused on providing training programs in the Building and Construction Industry since 2008. Parker Brent's objective is to support people working within the Building and Construction Industry to upgrade their qualifications and skills to further their careers. We also provide assistance to people wishing to gain the qualifications, skills and confidence to apply to become a Registered Building Practitioner (RBP) thus gain their Builder's Licence. Ultimately, Parker Brent aims to develop people in the Building and Construction Industry to become great builders / contractors, or successful professionals in building and construction organisations.
We understand that employees and employers in the Building and Construction Industry have unique training requirements, so we have developed training and education programs to satisfy these requirements. Our training programs and student support services have been designed to accommodate individual learning needs and meet industry requirements. Each of our training programs feature an educational approach supported by experienced trainers and quality learning resources. By undertaking training with Parker Brent, people build construction skills for their future career.
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As I write this, the House has just passed its version of the Third Annual Bush Tax Cut and the Senate is about to debate its bill. Both measures are irresponsible, gimmick-ridden, economically wrongheaded and heavily tilted toward the rich. President Bush would accept no less. You may know some of this from the newspapers. But you've probably never heard about the enormous corporate tax cut in the House bill.
Over the next three years, House Republicans want to slash business taxes by $167 billion. More than half of that is slated for 2005, when the goal is to reduce corporate tax payments by a third. That's an enormous tax cut. But on the rare occasions when the press reports on the House's planned corporate giveaways, it dismisses them as a mere $39 billion in corporate tax cuts over 11 years.
How do House GOP leaders style a business tax cut that costs a staggering $88 billion in the year it takes full effect as a paltry $3.5 billion average annual tax reduction? Simple. They assert that the tax cut is temporary and that most of its cost will be recaptured through stiff corporate tax increases later.
Of course, we heard this blarney last year, when Congress and Bush enacted the largest corporate tax cut in a generation, entailing new business tax breaks costing $114 billion over three years. At the time, I wrote, "These provisions are supposed to expire in a few years, but experience suggests they're more likely to be routinely extended in perpetuity." [See "The Unrelenting Corporate Welfare Lobby," TAP, May 6, 2002.] But the press fell for the Republican spin that most of the tax cuts would be recaptured later, duly reporting only the supposed $34 billion net cost over a decade.
The 2002 corporate tax cut was billed as an "economic stimulus." Then, as now, our economy faced serious excess capacity: Businesses could make more products than consumers wanted to buy. Oddly, though, Congress and Bush concluded that rather than trying to boost demand, the answer to the overcapacity problem was to encourage even more overcapacity by offering tax subsidies for buying machinery and equipment.
Not surprisingly, this nonsensical strategy hasn't worked. By the end of 2002, the Business Roundtable reported that more than 80 percent of its members planned no increase in investment. Yet faced with the abject failure of their previous effort at stimulus, House Republicans have decided that even bigger corporate subsidies are necessary.
The centerpiece of both the failed 2002 corporate stimulus plan and its successor this year involves tax write-offs for depreciation. That's the amount that companies can deduct for the wear and tear on their equipment and buildings. Even before 2002, the tax code was extremely generous in this regard, providing extra depreciation write-offs worth about $40 billion in tax savings annually compared to reasonable allowances. In many cases these excess write-offs produced negative tax rates on the profits from new investments. In other words, investments were more profitable after taxes than before.
Notwithstanding the tax code's existing beneficence to corporate investment, last year's tax bill increased the amount that companies can write off on typical equipment purchases in the first year from 40 percent to 58 percent, effective through 2004. The House's pending tax-cut bill wants to boost that first year write-off to 70 percent and extend it through 2005. If the new measure passes, the two bills would provide a combined total of $271 billion in additional business tax breaks from 2002 through 2005.
But not to worry, we're told. The way depreciation works, extra deductions now mean lower deductions in the future because businesses ultimately can write off 100 percent of their equipment costs. That theory has practical meaning, however, only if the law allowing the extra first-year write-offs expires. Otherwise, the added tax breaks generated by new equipment purchases will dwarf the partial recapture of past breaks.
Perhaps cowed by all the big numbers, or maybe just forgetful, most reporters seem happy to trust the House Republicans' promise that if the GOP succeeds in cutting business taxes by $271 billion in the first half of this decade, it will cheerfully allow business taxes to increase by $211 billion over the next eight years. I have little doubt that the Fourth Annual Bush Tax Cut next year will try to make sure it doesn't.


Cough is very common to humans, from neonates to old buddies. It is one of the most common symptoms for which patients seek medical attention from health professionals.
A cough once in a while to clear your throat is not such a big deal, but when it becomes more frequent and persistent, it gets really disturbing and you just want to get rid of it as quickly as possible. Most coughs are simply treated with symptoms-related antitussives and in the case of an infection, your doctor would prescribe an antibiotic.
However, some coughs would just not go away regardless of whatever medication you're using. In this article, we will focus on one of the causes of such coughs that defy medication.
A class of drugs well known for inducing dry coughs, a type of a cough that does not produce mucus (also known as phlegm or sputum), is called Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. Lisinopril is an example of an ACE inhibitor.
According to a study, about 5-35% of patients on ACE inhibitors are likely to come down with a dry, persistent cough which would be unresponsive to pharmacotherapy of any sort. Simply put, irrespective of whatever interventions you make, as long as you stay on that medication, chances are the cough would persist.
Though ACE inhibitors are in the forefront of causing a drug-induced dry cough, some other drugs can induce a cough. Nasal sprays containing Fluticasone, Simvastatin, and Carvedilol have also been reported to cause a dry cough.
Hence, in the management of an everyday ailment like a cough, it is very important to put all the cards on the table when discussing your symptoms with a health professional, let them know what medications you are currently using.
ACE inhibitors are used as first-line therapy in the management of elevated blood pressure. They are also used in the management of heart failure, in preventing strokes, and in preventing and treating kidney disease (nephropathy) in people with hypertension or diabetes.
ACE inhibitors are also known to improve survival after heart attacks. In some studies, individuals with hypertension, heart failure, or prior heart attacks who were treated with an ACE inhibitor lived longer than patients who did not take an ACE inhibitor.
Members of the ACE inhibitors class of drugs are Lisinopril, Captopril, Enalapril, Ramipril, Perindopril, Benazepril, and Fosinopril. Lisinopril is regarded as the most prominent. A monotherapy of Lisinopril is effective in managing elevated blood pressure while other ACE inhibitors have to be used in combination with other blood pressure medications.
All ACE inhibitors have a similar pathway and side effects. This means all are capable of inducing dry cough.
ACE inhibitors act by blocking an enzyme called Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme.
When the body senses a drop in its blood pressure, the kidney releases a substance called renin into the bloodstream. This substance helps to activate another substance called angiotensin, by converting the inactive angiotensin to active angiotensin 1.
Angiotensin 1 has minimal blood pressure-altering effect. The angiotensin-converting enzyme then converts Angiotensin 1 to Angiotensin 2, which has a more powerful effect on increasing blood pressure. Angiotensin 2 also stimulates the release of a substance called aldosterone.
Aldosterone has the ability to constrict the blood vessels, thereby causing large increases in blood pressure. It also regulates the filtration of urine in the kidneys, causing the kidneys to retain both salt and water, thereby causing the body to retain fluid over time and in turn raising the blood pressure. ACE inhibitors lower blood pressure by preventing the conversion that produces Angiotensin 2.
The angiotensin-converting enzyme also breaks down Bradykinin, a substance which lowers blood pressure by causing the blood vessels to dilate. Evidently, ACE inhibitors also prevent break down of bradykinin, thereby, making it readily available to lower blood pressure.
Why Do ACE Inhibitors Cause Cough?
As mentioned, ACE inhibitors prevent the degradation of bradykinin, making it abundantly available. Bradykinin is known to cause the contraction of non-vascular smooth muscle in the bronchus and gut, in order to increase vascular permeability.
This contraction of the bronchus is believed to be responsible for a dry cough that is prominent among some people using ACE inhibitors.
Can a Lisinopril-Induced Cough Be Treated?
A cough caused by ACE inhibitors does not require treatment except the discontinuation of the drug. ACE inhibitors have a short half-life and low volume of distribution. This means that it should be cleared from the body within a day.
What Alternate Therapy Options Are Available?
Alternative therapy for the 5-35% of people that would come down with the likely side effect of cough while using Lisinopril or other ACEIs, is a class of drugs known as the Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARBs).
The ARBs have similar clinical profiles to the ACEIs. However, they do not inhibit the conversion of Angiotensin I to Angiotensin II. They work by the selective inhibition of Angiotensin II by competitively binding to its site of action. By this pathway, they do not interfere with the destruction of bradykinin, hence lower potency of causing cough.
Although there are reported cases of ARBs causing cough, they are significantly lower than the ACEIs. Hence, they are relatively a welcome alternate therapy.
It is best to discuss medication options with one's physician in considering which alternate therapy to use in cases of a drug-induced cough.
Should I Stop the Medication if it Makes Me Cough?
It is absolutely unsafe to stop using medications without discussing with your doctor because of an observed side effect. The best approach is to discuss such effects with one's primary health care provider. Such a one is in the best position to counsel and switch drug therapy if needed. Self-medication should be avoided at all cost.


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Q: How can I have text before a expression SSRS I need to be able to have the textbox within the table say " No. Of Tickets: " and then have the expression =Count(Fields!TicketID.Value) So that it is more user friendly because it wont just show a random number in the textbox.(P.S: this is going to be exported to excel)

A: this should solve your Issue
="No. of Tickets: " & Count(Fields!TicketID.Value)

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Q: Git push gives 403 error I have been following the steps on Hosting a Git server under Apache on Windows and got everything working fine. I then wanted to add in a basic authentication for push requests and so made changes following the solution given to this question to my httpd.conf file and created a user with a password.
But when I try to push to my repository (on localhost) I get a 403 error. Why might this be?
The addition at the end of my httpd.conf file is below.
# Local git repository setup

# Git repository information
SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT C:/Repositories
SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL
ScriptAliasMatch \
"(?x)^/(.*/(HEAD | info/refs | objects/(info/[^/]+ | [0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38} | pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}.(pack|idx)) | git-(upload|receive)-pack))$" \
"C:/Program Files/git/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend.exe/$1"

# Allow cloning of repository without authentication
<Directory />
    Require all granted
</Directory>

# Authentication
<LocationMatch "^/.*/git-receive-pack$">
    Options +ExecCGI
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Git Login"
    AuthUserFile "C:/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/passwords/git_passwords"
    Require user alec
</LocationMatch>

Also, I have seen questions like this both on SuperUser and StackOverflow. If someone could tell me which site it is suited to more that would be great.
Edit
Checking the apache error log reveals this error
AH01215: Service not enabled: 'receive-pack'

Solution with new problem
Adding SetEnv REMOTE_USER=$REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER allows me to push to the repo but I never get asked for a password...

A: Finally got things working (although I'm not entirely sure how). The changes to my httpd.conf file are at the end like this:
# Local git repository setup

# Git repository information
SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT C:/Repositories
SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL
SetEnv REMOTE_USER=$REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER
ScriptAliasMatch \
"(?x)^/(.*/(HEAD | info/refs | objects/(info/[^/]+ | [0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38} | pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}.(pack|idx)) | git-(upload|receive)-pack))$" \
"C:/Program Files/git/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend.exe/$1"

# Allow cloning of repository without authentication
<Directory />
    Require all granted
</Directory>

# Authentication
<LocationMatch "^/.*/git-receive-pack$">
    Options +ExecCGI
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Git Login"
    AuthUserFile "C:/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/passwords/git_passwords"
    Require user alec
</LocationMatch>
<LocationMatch "^/.*/git-upload-pack$">
    Options +ExecCGI
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Git Login"
    AuthUserFile "C:/wamp/bin/apache/apache2.4.9/passwords/git_passwords"
    Require user alec
</LocationMatch>

It appears that a key line was SetEnv REMOTE_USER=$REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER

A: You have a location match for git-receive-pack but not for git-upload-pack. Do the same LocationMatch block for git-upload-pack as well.


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Service at JHU is a group effort
Homewood students volunteered 69,600 hours this fall
Johns Hopkins student groups possess a vibrant and generous volunteer ethos, with Baltimore City communities the beneficiary, according to a recent survey.
In fall 2011, 81 student organizations, representing 59 percent of the undergraduate student body at Homewood, worked on dozens of city service projects, including teen mentoring, breast cancer awareness initiatives, neighborhood cleanups, book drives, home renovations, math tutoring, animal welfare and many others.
Of those surveyed, students volunteered on average 1.94 days per week. The undergraduates' service—more than 69,600 work hours—was valued at a minimum of $1,553,584, based on state of Maryland hourly volunteer rates.
The inaugural survey, conducted by the university's Center for Social Concern, was intended to quantify service organized by Johns Hopkins' student groups, varsity teams, fraternities, sororities and other undergraduate organizations in a given semester. The survey, the first in-depth examination of its kind at JHU, will be repeated each academic term.
The request went out in late fall, and the center processed the information last month.
Bill Tiefenwerth, director of the Center for Social Concern, said that the results illustrate the volunteer spirit on the campus.
"It tells me that Johns Hopkins students freely give of their time as best they can, although their time is limited with busy schedules," he said.
Tiefenwerth said he was particularly impressed by the level of service from the varsity teams, whose members have to fit in volunteering between a rigorous
academic schedule and the many hours of training and travel.
"I found that really gratifying, and their work important," he said. "It's also a credit to [Athletics Director] Tom Calder, who has helped instill this ethic among the coaches and students."
This fall, 13 teams, 312 students in total, participated in more than 2,500 hours of service. The women's lacrosse team volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House of Charities of Baltimore, serving breakfast and spending time with the children there. The idea came from one of the team's players, who had previously volunteered for the organization.
Colleen McCaffrey, a lacrosse team member and a senior majoring in psychology, said that teams are often inspired by the enthusiasm of other teams and teammates. McCaffrey said that the lacrosse squad also receives strong support from its coach, Janine Tucker.
"She often tells us that we're so fortunate that we should take the time to give back to the community," she said. "And we have a great time with service. Sometimes just showing up with a smile can mean the world to [the people we visit]. And the reactions you get keep you going back, wanting to do more and more."
The women's lacrosse team also hosted an inaugural Stick It to Sarcoma exhibition tournament this fall. Senior captain Rachel Ballatori, in honor of her father who was battling angiosarcoma, rallied her teammates and coaches to raise money for the fight against the disease. The special event, held Oct. 22, featured players from Johns Hopkins, Navy and the University of Cincinnati. All proceeds, more than $15,000, went to the Johns Hopkins Sarcoma Program.
Ballatori said that her teammates' reaction filled her with "overwhelming gratitude."
"They were there for me during a hard time in my life," said Ballatori, whose father died in December. "I could not have asked for more." Ballatori and the lacrosse team plan on hosting another Stick It to Sarcoma tournament this fall.
Both the baseball team and the women's swim team helped clean up areas of Wyman Park Dell, the 16-acre public park located near the Homewood campus.
The wrestling team partnered with the Center for Autism and Related Disorders at Kennedy Krieger Institute to create the Take Down Autism program. The team dedicated its season to autism awareness, and the wrestlers raised money for CARD with each takedown they completed. The wrestlers also visited students and volunteered their time at Kennedy Krieger Institute and local schools.
The Greeks were very busy giving back, too.
Members of Kappa Kappa Gamma volunteered at the Margaret Brent Elementary Story Pals program. Phi Mu hosted a "Mr. Phi Mu" male pageant among fraternities and men's sports teams to support the Katie Oppo Fund for Ovarian Cancer Research, named in recognition of a past chapter member. Phi Delta Theta founded and organized the Iron Phi 5K, a race to support the ALS Association.
The largest group volunteer effort was the JHU Tutorial Project, the long-standing after-school program that provides academic support for Baltimore City elementary school students. This fall, 150 students donated nearly 11,000 work hours to the project.
The student group SHARE had 138 students take part last fall in its community service. The mission of SHARE is to improve the quality of life for members of marginalized populations in medically underserved areas through the provision of otherwise unattainable medical and surgical supplies.
Several student groups surveyed participated in the President's Day of Service held in September. More than 1,000 Johns Hopkins students, faculty, staff and alumni fanned out over Baltimore and beyond to lend a hand to local nonprofit organizations and community centers. The President's Day of Service, organized by the Center for Social Concern, was set into motion by President Ron Daniels when he took office in fall 2009 as part of his commitment to serving the city.
The Center for Social Concern's fall survey also produced several recommendations, such as having more faculty participate with the students and asking the university to explore ways to increase transportation options for students who wish to serve off campus.
Tiefenwerth said that the center is constantly looking for ways to expand and enhance the service experience for students at Johns Hopkins.
The Center for Social Concern, founded in 1991, is the student volunteer office for the Homewood campus, and it currently has 60 groups focused on serving the Baltimore community.


The parents of two teenage boys who were seriously injured while working for Zaloudek Grain Co. in Kremlin, Oklahoma have filed lawsuits against the boys' employer. The business's shareholders and executives are also named as defendants in the suits. The families are seeking damages of more than $75,000.
In August, the two teens were injured while operating a grain auger for Zaloudek. One of the boys' legs became stuck in the machine, and the other boy became stuck, too, when he tried to help his friend. Paramedics flew the teenagers to a hospital in Oklahoma City, where they both needed to have a leg amputated.
The lawsuit accuses the defendants of negligent training and supervision, failure to provide workers' compensation insurance, and assigning the 17-year-olds to perform work that violated labor laws at both the state and federal law levels.
If you or a loved one has been injured because of another person's negligent behavior or actions, contact the Oklahoma personal injury attorneys of the Abel Law Firm at 405-239-7046 to learn more about how we can help you.


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Endowment Plans – Needs, Key Features and Benefits, Types, Policy Premium Calculator
By Upasana Pradhan in Insurance on August 2, 2018 .
Do you have a habit of shopping frequently? Even when you don't really require them? If that is the case, and if you are a habitual spender then Endowment Policies is the best option for you.
An Endowment Policy is a Life Insurance Policy which helps the Policyholder to save regularly for over a specific period of time. It is a traditional Insurance plan that pays out a lump sum amount of money after the event of the death of the Policyholder. The beneficiaries/ nominees of the life insured receive the benefit which is called as the death benefit. The Endowment plan also works the similar way, but also has some additional clause that states that the lump sum payment will be made to the Insurance holder if he or she survives till the end of the specified period of time known as the "maturity period".
There are different Endowment Policies such as there are some companies that have a lump sum payout due to the critical illness or other Life-changing events.
1 Features of the Endowment Policies
2 Benefits of the Endowment Policies
3 How do the Endowment Policies Work
4 What is the need for the Endowment Policies
5 Types of the Endowment Policies
6 How to choose a correct Endowment Policy
7 Documents Required
8 Endowment Policy Premium Calculator
9 Riders of the Endowment Policy
10 Some of the Popular Endowment Plans in India
10.1 Reliance Endowment Plan
10.2 LIC New Endowment Plan
Features of the Endowment Policies
The sum assured in an Endowment Policy is payable either on the survival or on the death of the Policyholder.
The Endowment Policies are available "With Profit" and "Without Profit" plans.
The Endowment Policies offer bonuses for the full term, that is payable at the time of maturity or in the event of death.
Premiums of the Endowment Policies can be limited to a shorter term or can be paid as a single premium.
Premiums can be ceased on death or on expiry of the term, whichever is earlier.
Benefits of the Endowment Policies
An Endowment Policy will provide an Insurance cover during the Policy term.
This will also pay out a lump-sum amount at the end of the Policy term, which means the maturity of the Policy.
The Policy serves as a dual purpose, which states that it not only works as an Insurance Policy but also serves as a Long-term Investment, with decent returns offer.
The Endowment Policies come with tax benefits.
In terms of investing, the Endowment Policies are quite safer than that of the other investments and offer returns which are close to those which are offered by the mutual funds.
The Endowment Policies come with long-term savings.
With an Endowment Policy, it provides an assured considerable amount after maturity.
Most of the Endowment plans have the feature of extending will extend the Insurance coverage and promise the benefits after the maturity date. In some cases, the Life insured attains an age of 100.
The Endowment Policies have the option of opting for additional riders which provide cover for specific illness, critical illness, disabilities etc.
How do the Endowment Policies Work
The Endowment Policies are not that different to that of the regular Insurance Policies. These Policies not only serve the Life Insurance but also help them save regularly for over a specific period of time. Once the Policy has been matured, the Policyholder will receive a lump sum maturity amount which can be utilized for meeting the financial needs like purchasing the property, children's education, organizing a wedding or preparing for one's retirement.
What is the need for the Endowment Policies
Plan before you invest in something. Go through the benefits, returns on the investment etc. must be compared against the other investments that help you to save on the tax, in addition, to give you huge returns. An Endowment Policy is far less risky than the mutual fund investment. It serves a dual benefit to a Policyholder that is, it provides tax saving investment with guaranteed returns at the end of the term and also provides a comprehensive Life Insurance cover.
Types of the Endowment Policies
There are three types of the Endowment Policies they are:
Unit Linked Endowment- In this Endowment Policies, the Insurance premiums will be directed to the multiple units which are held under a specific investment fund which can be chosen by the Policyholders.
Full Endowment- Under this Policy, the basic amount is ensured to be provided and will be equal to the death benefit, starting from the Policy.
Low-Cost Endowment- This Endowment plan, has been introduced to provide accumulated funds which have to be paid after a specific period of time.
How to choose a correct Endowment Policy
Just like other Insurance plans, there are various types of Endowment Policies that are offered to the individuals. Individual needs, current Life stage, risk appetite are the few factors of the Endowment Policy. The premiums of the Endowment plans are pricier as compared to the term plans. Cost of the premium acts as a deciding factor. Besides that, there are some other factors that the Endowment Policy also provides such as the claim settlement ratio, financial status of the insurer etc. when choosing an Endowment Policy. Therefore, pick one which is simple and does not come with features and benefits which are difficult to comprehend and the details might get lost in the fine print.
The Documents that are required for an Endowment Policy:
Fully filled application form/ Proposal form
Proof of Residence/ Address Proof
Proof of Age
Medical Reports (optional)
Endowment Policy Premium Calculator
With the help of an Endowment Policy premium calculator, you can receive the details like the Premium Amount, maturity value, surrender value, loan value and returns of the Policy. The Endowment Policy premium calculators will tell you to enter the information such as your age, Policy term and the amount of the sum assured. By the given information, the Endowment Policy premium calculator will compute the premium which you will require to pay toward the Endowment Policy.
Riders of the Endowment Policy
Most of the Endowment Policies, offer additional features to enhance the protection provided by the Policy. Some of the commonly available add-ons which are available with the Endowment Policies are:
Waiver of the premium
Accelerated sum assured
Partial and permanent disability
Hospital cash
Some of the Popular Endowment Plans in India
Reliance Endowment Plan
Lump sum assured plus bonuses available on maturity, subject to 100.1% of premiums.
The death benefit of 10 times the annualized premium or base sum assured plus vested bonuses. Either that or 105% of all the premiums paid.
Policy term from 10-25 years.
Loan against the Policy is available.
LIC New Endowment Plan
Minimum assured sum of Rs 1, 00, 000.
The death benefit no less than 105% of the total premiums paid.
Death Benefit is higher of basic sum assured or 10 times the annualized premium.
Accidental death and disability rider available.
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Intriguing 5.5-inch iPhone 6 battery design shown in new leak
Following the purported iPhone 6 battery image obtained the other day by Nowherelse, the publication has posted additional images of alleged iPhone 6 batteries that look nothing like what we'd expect. Instead of a simple, elongated iPhone battery that's supposed to have a thin profile to fit the iPhone 6, the images show a battery that seems to also feature a foldable/flexible area.
FROM EARLIER: New report claims to reveal release date for iPhone 6 and 'iPhone Air'
It's not clear where these images come from, or whether the battery is made indeed for the iPhone 6, but the publication points out a series of numbers printed on the battery (741-0115), which are also found on the iPhone 5s's battery, and speculates this particular battery may be made for the bigger iPhone 6 model, also known as the iPhone Air.
Apparently, the images were taken at an iPhone supplier, although other details about them are not available. The usual markings that are printed on an iPhone battery were not present on this unusual battery, so it's not clear what capacity the battery has.
Some reports have claimed that Apple has run into some battery issues for the 2014 iPhone, as it wanted suppliers to come up with batteries that are just 2mm in thickness, 1mm smaller than iPhone 5s batteries. However, a subsequent report said Apple manages to overcome this particular manufacturing challenge.
The 4.7-inch iPhone 6 is rumored to have a 1,800 mAh to 1,900 mAh battery, while the bigger 5.5-inch version is said to pack a 2,500 mAh battery.
The leaked images showing the iPhone 6's purported battery design follow below.
Image Source: Mark Pelin
Tags: Apple, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone Air


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A high school football standout and his cousin were the latest young adults to be arrested in connection with a seven-month murder and robbery investigation in Douglas County, authorities said.
Jalen Malik Morgan, 17, a wide receiver at Alexander High School in Douglasville, and his cousin Leandrea Latroy Morgan, 19, were arrested Jan. 8 and are accused of participating in a plot as lookouts that led to the shooting death of Lalan Baylor, Channel 2 Action News reported.
• Kenneth Torrance McClary Jr., 20.
Baylor wasn't the intended target, according to Douglas County Sheriff's Office indictments, which were obtained by Channel 2. He was allegedly part of the conspiracy to commit an armed robbery against McClary.
The documents allege that the suspects were attempting to rob McClary in the Anneewakee Falls subdivision on May 30, 2018.
When McClary arrived, one of the suspects allegedly shot at him, and McClary shot back, killing Baylor, the indictments said. Baylor was shot once and died at WellStar Douglas Hospital.
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The Morgans are accused of being lookouts and driving around the neighborhood while the shooting took place.
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Forming a Classic Association: The Washington Air National Guard's 141st Air Refueling Wing formally has entered classic associate status with the active duty 92nd ARW at Fairchild AFB, Wash. SSgt. Connie Bias reports that it is the first such association for ANG and Air Mobility Command wings. The aircraft owned by the 92nd ARW will carry patches for both the 92nd and 141st, which gave up its own KC-135 tankers to BRAC 2005. Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire also has just reached an agreement with USAF that will ensure her state has access to tanker aircraft.


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Consumer Reports: Low-VOC paints perform just as well
Magazine finds that nontoxic paints have improved in recent years, performing just as well as conventional paints.
S.A. Rogers
February 12, 2010, 12:26 p.m.
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Painting the walls is always a chore, and it's made all the worse by the often headache-inducing fumes released by conventional paints. But while greener paints with lower levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that produce the telltale scent have been available for a while, tests by Consumer Reports have found that they just don't perform as well — at least until this year's review.
For the first time, almost all the top-scoring paints tested by Consumer Reports had low levels of VOCs — usually no more than 50 grams per liter, compared to the 380 grams found in the most commonly used brands. Each type of paint was evaluated for coverage and resistance to scrubbing, staining and mildew tests.
But not all of the low- and no-VOC paints were winners. Some of the priciest brands, such as Mythic and Freshaire Choice, got mediocre ratings. Among the top performers were Home Depot's Behr Premium Plus Ultra, Kilz Casual Colors and Benjamin Moore Regal.
Volatile organic compounds are one of the biggest sources of indoor air pollution, with some have been linked to cancer. Paints containing VOCs can continue to off-gas toxins into the air for extended periods of time even when the scent is gone.
The full March 2010 report on interior paints is available to subscribers at the Consumer Reports website.
Related topics: Eco-friendly Products, VOCs
Popular magazine and testing facility finds that nontoxic paints have improved in recent years, performing just as well as conventional paints.
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On Russian Disarmament, Candidates Agree Both John McCain and Barack Obama support nuclear disarmament of Russia. McCain, however, wants to go one step further, kicking Russia out of the G-8.
Election 2008: Candidates on the Issues
On Russian Disarmament, Candidates Agree
July 24, 20083:18 PM ET
Michele Kelemen
Republican Presidential hopeful John McCain speaks at at town hall meeting in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on July 23. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images hide caption
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama addresses the College of Southern Navada on May 27, 2008. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
Comparing Positions On Russia
Both John McCain and Barack Obama have called for a reduction in Russia's nuclear arsenal, but McCain has taken a tougher stance against Russia politically. Here is where the candidates' policies toward Russia differ:
McCain: He has said that Russia should not be a part of the G-8 and he has publicly admonished Russia for silencing political dissent. McCain has pledged to work more closely with Russia towards nuclear disarmament.
Obama: He would work with Russia to "take U.S. and Russian ballistic missiles off hair trigger alert." Obama also wants to see a reduction of nuclear stockpiles in both America and in Russia and extend the ban on intermediate-range missiles to include Russia.
John McCain often joked that when he looked into former Russian President Vladimir Putin's soul, he didn't see — as President Bush did — a man he could do business with, but rather an ex-KGB officer consolidating power.
"It's a KGB-like operation," McCain said of Putin's approach, "gradual, steady, persistent, successful."
Though Russia has a new president, Dmitry Medvedev, McCain has kept up his tough line, accusing the Russian government of silencing political dissent at home, using energy as a weapon abroad and launching a cyber war against Estonia.
McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, said in a speech in Los Angeles in March that NATO should not stand for such actions, nor should the Group of Eight.
"We should start by ensuring the G-8 — the group of eight highly industrialized states — becomes again a club of leading market democracies," McCain said. "It should include Brazil and India, but exclude Russia."
It currently includes the United States and Russia, plus Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Japan.
McCain has talked about kicking Russia out of the G-8 for several years now. Susan Rice, a top foreign policy adviser to Democrat Barack Obama, says speeches like that show McCain is stuck in a Cold War mind-set, trying to demonize Russia.
"John McCain really has a static — I would even argue retro — mid-late 20th century national security orientation, which is ill suited to the challenges we face," Rice said, adding that she sees some contradictions within the McCain campaign.
"These strange and counterproductive rhetorical stances that the neoconservatives around John McCain are advocating — like kicking Russia out of G-8 — are really at odds with our interests but with other aspects of John McCain's foreign policy," Rice said. "He never reconciles how he kicks Russia out of the G-8 one day and cooperates with Russia the next day on nonproliferation and loose nuclear materials, for example."
McCain's top foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann, served as a lobbyist for the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.
Scheunemann, a longtime critic of Russia and someone who has gotten used to the neoconservative label, argues that McCain is actually being realistic about Russia and will tell it like it is when it comes to Russia's retreat from democracy.
"Would it complicate other aspects of the relationship? It certainly may," Scheunemann said. "But I think if you look at how President Reagan handled relations with the Soviet Union, he was criticized roundly for calling the Soviet Union an evil empire, and yet within a couple of years was negotiating very effectively with the next generation of Soviet leaders."
This is another area where McCain has been distinguishing himself from the Bush administration, which disdained arms-control treaties. McCain has talked about the need for verifiable agreements with Russia to reduce nuclear arsenals. But so, too, has Obama, who worked with Republican Richard Lugar on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on efforts to control loose nuclear materials.
In his speech in Berlin today, Obama talked about the goal of a nuclear-free world and the need to work with Russia.
"In this century, in this city of all cities, we must reject the Cold War mind-set of the past and resolve to work with Russia when we can, to stand up for our values when we must, and to seek a partnership that extends across this entire continent," Obama said.
Some officials in Europe have sounded uneasy with McCain's tough talk about kicking Russia out of the G-8.
Obama seems to be playing up the differences in his tone and approach, but the policies he promotes sound fairly similar to McCain's. Obama, too, has said he won't ignore what he calls the "democratic erosion inside Russia." He describes Russia as neither an enemy nor an ally.
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Since it's widely accepted that Butler will be joining the Big East, it makes sense to begin tracking some of the recruits that other Big East schools get.
Surprised BU barely moved up from 31 to 27. I didn't expect to crack the top 20, but I thought we would land around 24 due to all of the losses incurred by teams ranked 16 - 25.
Wisconsin lost badly 2 out of 3 games and barely beat Penn State on a last second 27 foot shot. Yet, they stayed at #22.
UCLA lost to Wash State and moved UP 2 spots from 23rd to 21st.
ND lost to Louisville and stayed at 24th.
Hope we get a couple more wins this week and the NCAA committee gets it right with a 5,6 seed.
All of those teams are in so called power conferences. Butler's blow out at VCU was deadly for rankings. Year end rankings are all that matter.
Butler RPI ST. Mary 33, SOS Butler 45 St.Mary 111 Yet ST, Mary is 21 and Butler 28 in USA Poll.
Score one for John Thompson III. Small forward Reggie Cameron, a top-75 prospect and one of the best shooters in the Class of '13, committed to Georgetown on Wednesday.
Cameron, a 6-7 native of Paterson, N.J., figures to be a perfect fit for the Hoyas' Princeton offense. He is a pure shooter with a smooth stroke, but he also shows the ability to beat defenders off the dribble if they are too aggressive on the perimeter despite lacking elite athleticism. He picked Georgetown over offers from Michigan, Miami, UConn, Seton Hall and N.C. State.
It's kinda wierd to constantly see other conference teams getting top 50 prospects all over the place.
You'll see 5-stars too. This is high major basketball, the competition and individual talent level just isnt comparable to anything Butler has dealt with in-conference.
If you can put an X on the signature line you can get into UNLV.
Devin Brooks - JUCO guard out of Iowa Western Community College (2011 3-star recruit) committed to Creighton.


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A few weeks ago in the 'Jazz Alert' I expressed my shock at hearing that the Arts Council had rejected Jazz North East's most recent funding application.
The result of that rejection is that JNE and their partners Schmazz will run completely out of funds by the end of December, and will be unable to continue their promotion activities. Unless you come to their aid . . .
To try and keep themselves going for the first half of next year, while they work on securing more reliable funding, JNE have set up a Crowd Funding appeal, encouraging audiences and musicians to contribute. You can find the appeal at <http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/2014-programming-fund/x/5120454>.
If JNE are successful with their appeal it will enable them to continue with their varied programme, from straightahead gigs rooted in the modern jazz mainstream, through the younger contemporary bands that have been a speciality of Schmazz, and on to the adventurous international stream that has so often delivered the sound of surprise.
I've often sung the praises of Jazz North East and Schmazz for their joint efforts to bring the widest variety of high quality jazz to Tyneside, and for their willingness to take chances with emerging national and international musicians who don't yet have a high profile, but whom JNE believe deserve to be heard. Of course that means that not every gig appeals to every jazz enthusiast . . . but jazz is a diverse and constantly evolving form, and offering audiences the possibility of going to a gig and making a discovery is surely truer to the spirit of the music than playing safe with a constant diet of 'more of the same'.
It's the sort of programme that should surely be supported by the Arts Council, with their slogan of 'Great Art for Everyone'. But that funding well has proved to be dry, so I urge everybody who wants to see JNE survive to support their appeal. Please give as much as you can.
Paul Bream