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The Chalk Horses of Wiltshire
March 1, 2016 Kristen KovatchShya Beth#ARTLeave a comment
Shya Beth delves into the creation, construction and legend surrounding the Uffington White Horse as well as the other chalk horses of Wiltshire county in England.
The passion between horses and humans has been represented in many different forms though out time and space — from century-old myths and legends, international events and movies to paintings and sculpture. Here's another form that people have used to celebrate their equine partner: chalk horses!
What are chalk horses?
Chalk horses and other "hill figures" are made from cutting deep into a hillside, creating large trenches of chalk, a soft and white form of limestone, making the designs stand out against the landscape.
The Alton Barnes horse. Wikimedia Commons/Brian Robert Marhsall/CC
Hill figures have been created since prehistory, including animal- and human-shaped cuttings as well as more modern abstract symbols and advertising brands. The reasons for these hill carvings are not widely known. Wiltshire, a county in England, has fourteen chalk horses, the most of any place in the world. Let's take a closer look at some of the best-known examples.
The Uffington White Horse
The Uffington White Horse is the oldest known white horse hill carving in England. The 374-foot-long figure lies on the upper slopes of White Horse Hill in the English civil parish of Uffington. The hill forms a part of the Berkshire Downs and overlooks the Vale of White Horse to the north. Best views of the figure are said to be from the air, or from directly across the Vale, particularly around the villages of Great Coxwell, Longcot and Fernham.
The site is owned and managed by the National Trust and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The Guardian stated in 2003 that "for more than 3,000 years, the Uffington White Horse has been jealously guarded as a masterpiece of minimalist art." It also inspired the creation of other white horse hill figures.
Wikimedia Commons/Dave Price/CC
It is thought that the horse dates back to the Iron Age (800 BC–AD 100) or the late Bronze Age (1000–700 BC). This view was generally held by scholars even before the 1990s, based on the similar Celtic art, and it was confirmed following a 1990 excavation led by Simon Palmer and David Miles of the Oxford Archaeological Unit, following which deposits of silt removed from the horse's "beak" were scientifically dated to the late Bronze Age. It has long been debated whether the chalk figure was intended to represent a horse or some other animal (see below). However, it has been called a horse since the 11th century, at least.
Until the late 19th century the horse was scoured every seven years as part of a "local fair" held on the hill. After that, the horse was only scoured when needed. Scouring is a process of removing the weathered top layer of chalk, along with any dirt or grass that has grown on the chalk to keep it visible.
Close-up look at a chalk line of the Uffington horse, Dragon Hill in the background. Wikimedia Commons/Haltiamieli/CC
There have been numerous "additions" to the horse over the years. In August of 2002, a rider and three dogs were added as a joke and a Christmas hat was added for the holiday season (the Ho Ho Ho Uffington White Horse). In March of 2012 as part of a pre-Cheltenham Festival publicity stunt, a bookmaker added a large jockey to the figure using canvas and tent pegs to appear as real chalk during the night.
Legends surrounding the white horse
Every great hero or horse needs an old legend to be passed down by the generations!
The Uffington white horse is said to be a mare, and to have her invisible foal on the hill beside her. At night the horse and foal come down to eat at the slope below known as the Manger, and to drink at nearby Woolstone Wells, where hoofprints from the horses are said to be visible.
It is also said that near that near the Uffington horse is a flat-topped hill known as Dragon Hill; the Uffington horse is sometimes said to represent a dragon. There is a story that St George killed the dragon on Dragon Hill, and the patch of bare chalk on the flat summit is the spot where the dragon's blood fell.
There are many stories that King Arthur is not dead, but lies sleeping, and will one day awake when England is in a great war. It is said locally that when Arthur awakes, the Uffington horse will rise up and dance on nearby Dragon Hill.
The other chalk horses of Wiltshire
These horses were cut much later than the Uffington horse — dates vary from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries.
Alton Barnes horse
Old Pewsey horse
New Pewsey horse
Old Devizes horse (also called the Snobs' horse)
Broad Town horse
Cherhill or Oldbury horse
Westbury or Bratton horse
Marlborough horse
Osmington horse
Folkestone horse
Kilburn horse
Litlington horse
Ham Hill or Inkpen horse (now lost)
Tan Hill horse (now lost)
Rockley horse (now lost)
Hindhead horse (now lost)
Each of these chalk horses has its own story: to learn more and to view images, visit The Flying Shetlands blog, with the chalk horses covered in Part I and Part II.
Check out The Flying Shetlands, a blog by equine artist and rider Shya Beth. Her mission is to showcase and highlight unique and exceptional equine art and artists across the globe. Growing daily, The Flying Shetlands has new articles every Tuesday and Friday. It is also the founder of the first ever #EquineArtHour on Twitter for equine artists along with art and equine enthusiasts to share their work and interact with each other for an hour every Sunday, 4-5 p.m. See the official page here.


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Q: why is this emoji regex also matching numerics I am writing a program that needs to strip emojis from a string, and found this regex which seems to remove all emojis I have tested it with so far:
private static final String EMOJI_REGEX= "[\u200D(?:"
  + "[\uD83C\uDF00-\uD83D\uDDFF]|"
  + "[\uD83E\uDD00-\uD83E\uDDFF]|"
  + "[\uD83D\uDE00-\uD83D\uDE4F]|"
  + "[\uD83D\uDE80-\uD83D\uDEFF]|"
  + "[\u2600-\u26FF]\uFE0F?|"
  + "[\u2700-\u27BF]\uFE0F?|"
  + "\u24C2\uFE0F?|"
  + "[\uD83C\uDDE6-\uD83C\uDDFF]{1,2}|"
  + "[\uD83C\uDD70\uD83C\uDD71\uD83C\uDD7E\uD83C\uDD7F\uD83C\uDD8E\uD83C\uDD91-\uD83C\uDD9A]\uFE0F?|"
  + "[\u0023\u002A\u0030-\u0039]\uFE0F?\u20E3|[\u2194-\u2199\u21A9-\u21AA]\uFE0F?|"
  + "[\u2B05-\u2B07\u2B1B\u2B1C\u2B50\u2B55]\uFE0F?|"
  + "[\u2934\u2935]\uFE0F?|"
  + "[\u3030\u303D]\uFE0F?|"
  + "[\u3297\u3299]\uFE0F?|"
  + "[\uD83C\uDE01\uD83C\uDE02\uD83C\uDE1A\uD83C\uDE2F\uD83C\uDE32-"
  + "\uD83C\uDE3A\uD83C\uDE50\uD83C\uDE51]\uFE0F?|"
  + "[\u203C\u2049]\uFE0F?|[\u25AA\u25AB\u25B6\u25C0\u25FB-\u25FE]\uFE0F?|[\u00A9\u00AE]\uFE0F?|"
  + "[\u2122\u2139]\uFE0F?|\uD83C\uDC04\uFE0F?|\uD83C\uDCCF\uFE0F?|"
  + "[\u231A\u231B\u2328\u23CF\u23E9-\u23F3\u23F8-\u23FA]\uFE0F?)]";

When I use this regex like so:
strippedString = regexString.replaceAll(EMOJI_REGEX, "");

it successfully removes all emojis. However, I tried testing it with data that I wouldn't want stripping, and it seems that this regex also matches numerics. For instance, when I pass the test string Testing  £1.01☂ the output is Testing £..
I tried removing the \u0030-\u0039 range from the above regex, but now I am getting Testing £.0.
Can anybody advise me as to what is going on here, and how I might resolve the issue?
Important note The solution to this problem has to be java 6 compliant, due to ancient architecture.

A: Max Vollmer already answered but to know why
[\u0023\u002A\u0030-\u0039]\uFE0F?\u20E3

is matching the numbers, see Emoji Keyboard/Display Test Data
As you can see, [\u0030-\u0039]\uFE0F?\u20E3 matches to keycap range 0 to 9 (see subgroup: keycap).
As for
[\uD83C\uDDE6-\uD83C\uDDFF]{1,2}

removing the range {1,2} should work.

A: Since your regular expression is just a bunch of ranges |'d together, we can write some test code to see which of the ranges remove the numbers:
public class RegexTest
{
    private static final String regexbegin = "[\u200D(?:";
    private static final String regexend = ")]";
    private static final String[] regexparts =
    {
        "[\uD83C\uDF00-\uD83D\uDDFF]",
        "[\uD83E\uDD00-\uD83E\uDDFF]",
        "[\uD83D\uDE00-\uD83D\uDE4F]",
        "[\uD83D\uDE80-\uD83D\uDEFF]",
        "[\u2600-\u26FF]\uFE0F?",
        "[\u2700-\u27BF]\uFE0F?",
        "\u24C2\uFE0F?",
        "[\uD83C\uDDE6-\uD83C\uDDFF]{1,2}",
        "[\uD83C\uDD70\uD83C\uDD71\uD83C\uDD7E\uD83C\uDD7F\uD83C\uDD8E\uD83C\uDD91-\uD83C\uDD9A]\uFE0F?",
        "[\u0023\u002A\u0030-\u0039]\uFE0F?\u20E3",
        "[\u2194-\u2199\u21A9-\u21AA]\uFE0F?",
        "[\u2B05-\u2B07\u2B1B\u2B1C\u2B50\u2B55]\uFE0F?",
        "[\u2934\u2935]\uFE0F?",
        "[\u3030\u303D]\uFE0F?",
        "[\u3297\u3299]\uFE0F?",
        "[\uD83C\uDE01\uD83C\uDE02\uD83C\uDE1A\uD83C\uDE2F\uD83C\uDE32-\uD83C\uDE3A\uD83C\uDE50\uD83C\uDE51]\uFE0F?",
        "[\u203C\u2049]\uFE0F?",
        "[\u25AA\u25AB\u25B6\u25C0\u25FB-\u25FE]\uFE0F?",
        "[\u00A9\u00AE]\uFE0F?",
        "[\u2122\u2139]\uFE0F?",
        "\uD83C\uDC04\uFE0F?",
        "\uD83C\uDCCF\uFE0F?",
        "[\u231A\u231B\u2328\u23CF\u23E9-\u23F3\u23F8-\u23FA]\uFE0F?",
    };

    public static void main(final String[] args)
    {
        final String test = "Testing  £1.01☂";
        for (int i = 0; i < regexparts.length; i++) {
            final String regex = regexbegin + regexparts[i] + regexend;
            System.out.println(i + ": " + test.replaceAll(regex, ""));
        }
    }
}

Using this code we get:
0: Testing  £1.01☂
1: Testing  £1.01☂
2: Testing  £1.01☂
3: Testing  £1.01☂
4: Testing  £1.01
5: Testing  £1.01☂
6: Testing  £1.01☂
7: Testing  £.0☂
8: Testing  £1.01☂
9: Testing  £.☂
10: Testing  £1.01☂
11: Testing  £1.01☂
12: Testing  £1.01☂
13: Testing  £1.01☂
14: Testing  £1.01☂
15: Testing  £1.01☂
16: Testing  £1.01☂
17: Testing  £1.01☂
18: Testing  £1.01☂
19: Testing  £1.01☂
20: Testing  £1.01☂
21: Testing  £1.01☂
22: Testing  £1.01☂

So the ranges at index 7 and index 9 are your culprits:
"[\uD83C\uDDE6-\uD83C\uDDFF]{1,2}"

"[\u0023\u002A\u0030-\u0039]\uFE0F?\u20E3"

Using these directly on a number only test String
System.out.println("7: " + "0123456789".replaceAll(regexbegin + regexparts[7] + regexend, ""));
System.out.println("9: " + "0123456789".replaceAll(regexbegin + regexparts[9] + regexend, ""));

yields this:
7: 03456789
9:

The former removes 1 and 2, the latter all numbers.

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Las Negras es una localidad y pedanía española perteneciente al municipio de Níjar, en la provincia de Almería, comunidad autónoma de Andalucía. Se encuentra situada dentro del parque natural de Cabo de Gata-Níjar, a unos 50 km de la capital provincial, Almería.

Demografía
Tiene 349 habitantes. Debido al turismo y la gran afluencia de población extranjera, de ellos el 47% son españoles, el 24% británico, el 16% italiano, el 7% alemán, el 1% francés y el 5% de otras nacionalidades

Geografía
Este pueblo cuenta con preciosas playas en sus alrededores, como la Cala de San Pedro. Esta cala nudista cuenta con un manantial que ha hecho de ella un oasis alrededor de las áridas tierras del parque. Son numerosas las visitas a su gruta de barro natural, para darse un tratamiento limpiador, dejando secar al sol la mascarilla aplicada, para luego aclararse en las claras aguas del Mediterráneo.

Éste fue el asentamiento primitivo de Las Negras, dominado por el castillo de vigilancia, en un tiempo, cuartel de la Guardia civil. Los más ancianos cuentan como cada día tenían que ir en bote remando o en burro, por los escarpados senderos hasta lo que hoy se conoce como las Negras en busca de víveres o comunicación con el resto del mundo.

Su flora es subtropical. Además cuenta con una pequeña comunidad hippie y okupa que habitan las antiguas casas abandonadas de los primitivos habitantes negrenses (tal su gentilicio) y tiendas de campaña. En todo el parque natural está prohibida la acampada. Su acceso es andando o en barco. Las normas de convivencia se basan en el respeto.

Etimología
El nombre le viene de una antigua historia. Se cuenta que el pueblo de Las Negras se fundó después de una tragedia en la mar. Marineros de la localidad de San Pedro se hicieron a la mar y nunca más se supo de ellos. Después de esto, las mujeres de los marineros, dedicadas a la agricultura, vieron la necesidad de acercarse al resto de pueblos con el fin de poder subsistir. Crearon este nuevo asentamiento, condicionado el nombre por el color del luto de sus fundadoras. En su origen, el pueblo solo constaba de 10 casas blancas.

Cine
En esta pequeña pedanía se grabó la película Los gallos de la madrugada en 1971, en la que intervinieron como protagonistas los actores Fernando Fernán Gómez y Concha Velasco. Fue grabada íntegramente en Las Negras. En 2004 también se rodó en esta barriada gran parte de la película Un día sin fin.

Feria y fiestas
Las Fiestas Patronales son el 15 de agosto en Honor de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, siendo típico el torneo de fútbol, el concurso de parchís, la chocolatada, los castillos de arena, los concursos de dibujo infantil, la carrera popular y la jarana.

Comercios
Existen en el pueblo dos hoteles, un hostal, un camping y una variedad de bares y restaurantes abiertos todo el año que hacen que Las Negras tenga una vida nocturna importante con música en directo en muchos locales. También dispone de varias tiendas de ropa, parafarmacia y un centro de actividades de turismo activo como buceo, alquiler de kayaks y Paddle surf y excursiones en barco.

Playas

Acceso a la cala de San Pedro
Se puede acceder a la cala de San Pedro a pie (más o menos a una hora y media de Las Negras) o en barco (unos 6 euros por viaje). En el año 2011 la Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía abrió un expediente al propietario de esta zona por el cobro para acceder mediante vehículo, ya que mediante vehículo no se puede acceder a la Cala.

Playa de Las Negras

Playa catalogada como Zona B4 en el PORN de 2008.

El asentamiento de Las Negras queda enmarcado entre el cabo conocido como "el Puntón" y el acantilado denominado "Cerro negro". Las dos calitas que conforman la línea de costa de este pueblo están protegidas por una barrera natural de rocas, que recibe el nombre de "las Esperillas", de modo que los fuertes temporales de levante quedan un poco suavizados por la presencia de dicha barrera. Esta formación sólo queda al descubierto con la bajamar.

En la falda del Cerro Negro hay otras calas vírgenes y cuevas, donde el submarinismo es más que recomendable: "Cala Hernández" o "la Piedra Colorá".

Caminando hacia los límites más australes nos encontramos con el Peñón del Gitano y la Caleta del cuervo, donde podremos encontrar el Camping La Caleta.

Dentro de la fauna autóctona destacan los meros, las morenas y los pulpos. Las praderas de posidonias (Posidonia oceánica), cada vez más escasas, dan cobijo también a especies más pequeñas y algunas más raras como las nacras. Existe un centro de buceo, Buceo Las Negras, con salidas de buceo y excursiones en barco, para admirar los fondos marinos y la costa.

Véase también
 Anexo:Playas del parque natural Cabo de Gata-Níjar
 Costa de Almería

Referencias

Bibliografía
 Playas de la provincia de Almería (2008) Catálogo de playas del Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Medio Rural y Marino. html (Español) Acceso: 22/6/2009.

Enlaces externos

 Información turística de las Negras, Parque natural Cabo de Gata-Níjar

Níjar
Localidades de la provincia de Almería
Pedanías de la provincia de Almería
Comarca Metropolitana de Almería
Núcleos urbanos del parque natural Cabo de Gata-Níjar
Playas de Níjar
Playas de parque natural Cabo de Gata-Níjar

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Lamar Hunt Jr., owner of the Missouri Mavericks, talks about life and the excitement behind his local hockey team.
In a two-hour interview as the game went on, Hunt, 59, the team's owner, would have no problem going deep in conversation about his life even as his eyes stayed fixed on the action. Just as the puck veered in every direction, so the talk coursed into territory as personal as the influence of his father to the responsibilities of wealth, from the anger he felt after the death of his alcoholic stepfather, to forgiveness, and even to his own past sins.
A former flutist with the Kansas City Symphony, Hunt is the eldest child of one of sports' most influential figures, the late Lamar Hunt, who was born into a Texas oil dynasty.
By the time the senior Lamar Hunt died at age 74 in 2006, he had used his fortune and lifelong love of sports to bring the athletic world not only Major League Soccer and the World Tennis Championships, but also the American Football League and the Dallas Texans, which he then brought to Kansas City and renamed the Chiefs. He coined the term Super Bowl.
Last Saturday, when the Chiefs played on the road against the New England Patriots in pursuit of Super Bowl 50, Hunt Jr. was there as the only one of his father's four children who calls the Kansas City area home, his being a million-dollar house in Hallbrook.
All of Lamar Hunt's children from two marriages — Hunt Jr. and sister Sharron, from his first marriage, and Clark and Daniel Hunt from his second — share financial interest in the Chiefs and other Hunt family holdings. Clark, a former Goldman Sachs analyst, is chairman of the Hunt Sports Group and the face of the Chiefs. Brother Dan is president of the professional soccer team FC Dallas.
These days, the namesake — who some in the past might have reasoned would have carried the family's football mantle — is instead carving a name for himself on ice.
Nor was it ever in Hunt Sr.'s plans or, Hunt Jr. said, his own.
Last February, using not Hunt family sports money but instead his own resources through what he calls Loretto Sports Ventures, Hunt bought the 7-year-old Mavericks. It's an AA-team in the ECHL, the former East Coast Hockey League. Since Hunt's ownership, the team has become linked to the National Hockey League's New York Islanders as well as the Islanders' feeder team, the American Hockey League's Bridgeport Sound Tigers of Connecticut.
"He wanted something of his own," said Arkell, who is married to Hunt's oldest child, Sarah. "Honestly, this is why he did it: His grandkids, my kids, come to almost every game. His kids come to the games. He gets to sit there with his arms around them. He gets to have fun. This is why.
So now, just as Clark Hunt is the button-down image of the Chiefs, Lamar Hunt Jr. has become the face (propped recently atop a bobblehead) of his own franchise 8 miles east of Arrowhead Stadium. Besides his business and leadership roles as owner, he has become an avid greeter of fans, standing for countless selfies. He has personally called season ticket holders to urge them to sign on for another year.
His goal is not to make Kansas City home to a future NHL team, the finances of which, he said, don't make sense for this market. Instead, he aims to stoke interest in the Mavericks while adding more ice rinks to the area as part of growing youth hockey on both sides of the state line. It's part of his effort to make Kansas City the kind of hockey town that — despite a 50-year, on-and-off history with the sport on a professional level — it has never quite managed to be.
He is also a man — understated and bespectacled, more closely resembling his father in looks and demeanor than any of his siblings — who thinks deeply about the forces and influences in his life.
On this Sunday before Christmas, the same day the Chiefs defeated the Ravens in Baltimore 34-14, Hunt left his family to their holiday errands (they normally accompany him) and showed up by himself at the Mavericks' arena.
In short time, the conversation would turn from hockey to purpose. Indeed, as the teams clashed — with the Mavericks taking an early lead, then falling behind, then battling back to even — he spoke frequently about the single force, his faith, that has come to influence most of his life. He spoke of God and, in particular, his conversion to Catholicism, which over many years, he said, has grown to guide his actions.
"I would say my orientation would be toward God," he said when asked if he believed any purpose informed his life. He answered as he did throughout the night, casually, with ease, rarely taking his eyes off the game.
Briefly, and in a later interview, Hunt would touch on one of the most painful parts of his life, a sexual encounter he had with a sister-in-law that — to the shame and consternation of the Hunt family — became public in 1999 after a confessional letter that Hunt wrote to his first wife, Jocelyn, became the crux of a civil suit.
But he also insists that, although it was deeply regrettable, it was consensual and he did not, as was alleged in the lawsuit, sexually assault his sister-in-law. At the time of the civil case, which ended in a settlement for undisclosed millions of dollars, Hunt and his wife of nearly 20 years were going through a rancorous divorce.
He conceded that the pain generated by the split reverberated through the family for years, certainly into the lives of his children. What healing has occurred has taken years and come hard.
It was a devotion, he said, that grew with time. Though born in October 1956 to Lamar and Rose Mary (Whittle) Hunt, Hunt Jr. and sister Sharron, who is two years younger, were primarily raised by their mother and stepfather, Texas businessman John Carr.
Lamar and Rose Mary Hunt had been sweethearts in Dallas, meeting when she was 16 and he was 19. They attended Southern Methodist University together and married young in January 1956. When, in 1960, Hunt Sr. began the American Football League, his travels and busy schedule took a toll on the young wife caring for two small children at home.
The couple divorced in 1962. Hunt in 1964 married Norma Knobel, a schoolteacher who also worked as a hostess for the fledgling Dallas Texans. Clark Hunt, soon to turn 51, was born in February 1965; Daniel arrived in 1976.
Although Hunt Jr. saw his father often, "it was not a day-to-day thing," he said.
At his own home, life was far from perfect. Raised Methodist, he was educated at a private, all-boys Episcopal high school. He still remembers the words of a teacher who once told his parents, "He's really not being all he should be," mostly out of laziness.
"I guess I was a kid who was fairly sensitive and took it to heart," Hunt said.
It was real trauma, he said, that first spurred him to step alone into a Catholic church.
"For me, when my stepfather died," said Hunt, meaning around 1983. "My stepfather was a terrible alcoholic. That was the first time I said, 'Look, I really need to go somewhere to pray for him.' I don't even know why I understood that. I was 26, 27. That was the first time in my life I went into a Catholic church on my own and prayed for another person.
His stepfather had never been physically abusive, he said.
Hunt said that as a teen in high school, he didn't drink. He didn't do drugs or toy with them.
He stepped into the church.
Hunt's first wife was Catholic. When, also in 1983, the couple had Sarah, the first of their seven children together, he chose conversion, finding what he called the "beauty of the Catholic faith." Hunt's second wife, Rita, whom he married in 2003, is Catholic and has two children of her own.
"I think I liked the part — a lot of Catholics don't like it," Hunt said of confession, as the Mavericks coursed back and forth on the ice, "but I think confession is important — being able to confess and talk to another human being, obviously a priest, and understand God's mercy and forgiveness. That is what God is about. And experiencing that in my life.
The very act of revealing one's sins before another goes beyond ritual, he said.
It's his Catholic tenets, Hunt said, that have come to guide another big part of his life: charitable giving.
Through his Loretto Foundation, he supports at least 20 organizations, including Big Brothers Big Sisters, Catholic Charities, City Union Mission, the Good Samaritan Center of Excelsior Springs, Community Housing of Wyandotte County and Ozanam, which serves at-risk kids.
Hunt is providing deep support to the Bright Futures Fund run by the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. The fund helps low-income children and raises money for Catholic schools, mostly in the inner city. He and Rita donated $3 million toward the support and construction of St. Michael the Archangel High School in eastern Jackson County.
When Hunt approached the Mavericks as a buyer, he figured it was good.
Businesswise, the team was already profitable. Although he never played hockey, he recalled going to Dallas Stars games with his father. Like his father, he played football. When he came to Kansas City in 1983, it was to join the symphony, which he did for nine seasons. He also taught at the conservatory at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
The Mavericks were well-run, he said, but he saw potential for growth, having the full intention of being far more than a checkbook, hands-off owner.
As the game continued, Hunt visited guests in nearby suites, mock-boxed with the Mavericks' mascot and crawled over the partition between his suite and the one next door to pose for yet another group selfie.
As if on cue: Score! Mavericks 3-2, with only minutes left. Hunt left his suite and made his way down to the ice, standing in the area behind the Mavericks' goal.
Ice sheets like this are actually rare in the Kansas City area. There's the Carriage Club off Ward Parkway, another inside the Silverstein arena in Independence, the Kansas City Ice Center in Shawnee and the Line Creek Ice Arena in the Northlandnorth Kansas City off Northwest Waukomis Drive. Part of Hunt's strategy this past year has been to help coalesce divergent ice hockey leagues for kids under 18 into one unified Kansas City Youth Ice Hockey Association. Hunt is now working on building support to add at least two more ice rinks to foster tournaments, interest and hockey culture.
"Does he need the aggravation of owning a minor league hockey team? No. But he's willing to do what it takes to grow the sport in Kansas City," said Tom Tilley of Overland Park, an investment banker who also played for four seasons with the St. Louis Blues of the NHL. A longtime youth hockey coach, he is a hockey director for the new association.
"There's no ego there, either," Tilley said of the Mavericks' owner.
Among other plans: Hunt said that Kansas City has already secured the rights to add a franchise from the U.S. Hockey League to the area. The USHL, with 17 teams, is the country's top junior hockey league for amateur players age 20 and under. Securing a team requires a venue with at least 3,500 seats. Hunt said he is working on that, as well.
"I would say what my dad impressed on me, mostly, was to create opportunities for people," he said. "Create employment opportunities, create businesses, create those things.
"We've been blessed so much: the Hunt family; my brothers, Daniel and Clark; my sister, Sharron. We've all been blessed so much. When you're blessed, you pass your blessing on, is the simplest way to say it. You can only have so many things in life.
Seconds left. Another goal! Mavericks 4, Mallards 2. Still undefeated at home.
As the players filed off the ice and lumbered into the locker room, Hunt waited at the door, smiling and giving fist-bumps to his team.


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![Demo Etherpad Animated Jif](https://i.imgur.com/zYrGkg3.gif "Etherpad in action on PrimaryPad")

# About
Etherpad is a really-real time collaborative editor scalable to thousands of simultanious real time users.  Unlike all other collaborative tools Etherpad provides full fidelity data export and portability making it fully GDPR compliant.

**[Try it out](http://beta.etherpad.org)**

# Installation

## Requirements
- `nodejs` >= **6.9.0** (preferred: `nodejs` >= **8.9**)

## Uber-Quick Ubuntu
```
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_9.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
git clone https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite.git && cd etherpad-lite && bin/run.sh
```

## GNU/Linux and other UNIX-like systems
You'll need gzip, git, curl, libssl develop libraries, python and gcc.
- *For Debian/Ubuntu*: `apt install gzip git curl python libssl-dev pkg-config build-essential`
- *For Fedora/CentOS*: `yum install gzip git curl python openssl-devel && yum groupinstall "Development Tools"`
- *For FreeBSD*: `portinstall node, npm, curl, git (optional)`

Additionally, you'll need [node.js](https://nodejs.org) installed (minimum required Node version: **6.9.0**).
Ideally, the latest stable version is preferred. Please note that the packages offered on some operating systems are outdated. In those cases, we recommend installing nodejs from official archives or compiling it from source (avoiding yum/apt).

**As any user (we recommend creating a separate user called etherpad):**

1. Move to a folder where you want to install Etherpad. Clone the git repository: `git clone git://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite.git`
2. Change into the new directory containing the cloned source code: `cd etherpad-lite`

Now, run `bin/run.sh` and open <http://127.0.0.1:9001> in your browser.

Update to the latest version with `git pull origin`. The next start with `bin/run.sh` will update the dependencies.

[Next steps](#next-steps).

## Windows

### Prebuilt Windows package
This package works out of the box on any windows machine, but it's not very useful for developing purposes...

1. [Download the latest Windows package](http://etherpad.org/#download)
2. Extract the folder

Now, run `start.bat` and open <http://localhost:9001> in your browser. You like it? [Next steps](#next-steps).

### Fancy install
You'll need [node.js](https://nodejs.org) and (optionally, though recommended) git.

1. Grab the source, either
  - download <https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/zipball/master>
  - or `git clone https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite.git` (for this you need git, obviously)
2. start `bin\installOnWindows.bat`

Now, run `start.bat` and open <http://localhost:9001> in your browser.

Update to the latest version with `git pull origin`, then run `bin\installOnWindows.bat`, again.

If cloning to a subdirectory within another project, you may need to do the following:

1. Start the server manually (e.g. `node/node_modules/ep_etherpad-lite/node/server.js`)
2. Edit the db `filename` in `settings.json` to the relative directory with the file (e.g. `application/lib/etherpad-lite/var/dirty.db`)
3. Add auto-generated files to the main project `.gitignore`

# Next Steps

## Tweak the settings
You can modify the settings in `settings.json`.
If you need to handle multiple settings files, you can pass the path to a settings file to `bin/run.sh` using the `-s|--settings` option: this allows you to run multiple Etherpad instances from the same installation.
Similarly, `--credentials` can be used to give a settings override file, `--apikey` to give a different APIKEY.txt file and `--sessionkey` to give a non-default SESSIONKEY.txt.
Once you have access to your /admin section settings can be modified through the web browser.

You should use a dedicated database such as "mysql", if you are planning on using etherpad-in a production environment, since the "dirtyDB" database driver is only for testing and/or development purposes.

## Secure your installation
If you have enabled authentication in `users` section in `settings.json`, it is a good security practice to **store hashes instead of plain text passwords** in that file. This is _especially_ advised if you are running a production installation.

Please install [ep_hash_auth plugin](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ep_hash_auth) and configure it.
If you prefer, `ep_hash_auth` also gives you the option of storing the users in a custom directory in the file system, without having to edit `settings.json` and restart Etherpad each time.

## Plugins and themes

Etherpad is very customizable through plugins. Instructions for installing themes and plugins can be found in [the plugin wiki article](https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki/Available-Plugins).

## Helpful resources
The [wiki](https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki) is your one-stop resource for Tutorials and How-to's.

Documentation can be found in `doc/`.

# Development

## Things you should know
Understand [git](https://training.github.com/) and watch this [video on getting started with Etherpad Development](https://youtu.be/67-Q26YH97E).

If you're new to node.js, start with Ryan Dahl's [Introduction to Node.js](https://youtu.be/jo_B4LTHi3I).

You can debug Etherpad using `bin/debugRun.sh`.

If you want to find out how Etherpad's `Easysync` works (the library that makes it really realtime), start with this [PDF](https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/raw/master/doc/easysync/easysync-full-description.pdf) (complex, but worth reading).

## Contributing
Read our [**Developer Guidelines**](https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)

# Get in touch
[mailinglist](https://groups.google.com/group/etherpad-lite-dev)
[#etherpad-lite-dev freenode IRC](https://webchat.freenode.net?channels=#etherpad-lite-dev)!

# Languages
Etherpad is written in JavaScript on both the server and client so it's easy for developers to maintain and add new features.

# HTTP API
Etherpad is designed to be easily embeddable and provides a [HTTP API](https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki/HTTP-API)
that allows your web application to manage pads, users and groups. It is recommended to use the [available client implementations](https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki/HTTP-API-client-libraries) in order to interact with this API.

# jQuery plugin
There is a [jQuery plugin](https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite-jquery-plugin) that helps you to embed Pads into your website.

# Plugin Framework
Etherpad offers a plugin framework, allowing you to easily add your own features.  By default your Etherpad is extremely light-weight and it's up to you to customize your experience.  Once you have Etherpad installed you should visit the plugin page and take control.

# Translations / Localizations  (i18n / l10n)
Etherpad comes with translations into all languages thanks to the team at TranslateWiki.

# FAQ
Visit the **[FAQ](https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki/FAQ)**.

# Donate!
* [Flattr](https://flattr.com/thing/71378/Etherpad-Foundation)
* Paypal - Press the donate button on [etherpad.org](http://etherpad.org)
* [Bitcoin](https://coinbase.com/checkouts/1e572bf8a82e4663499f7f1f66c2d15a)

All donations go to the Etherpad foundation which is part of Software Freedom Conservency

# License
[Apache License v2](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html)

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Q: Inverse of augment method in Ti-84 Ti-basic for lists (partitioning a single list) Can read about augment( here: http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/augment
I'd like a program that is sort of the inverse of augment.
What I want to do is take a list, say L1, then partition it into equal length sublists and stores them into L1, ..., Lk for some arbitrary k. If need to be I can add the number 23 several times to L1 until I can partition it. I would like for each list to have n elements.
Example:
Take L1 = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
I'd like to partition it into equal sublists of length n = 3
L1 has 10 elements which is not a multiple of 3 so I add 23 twice to it to get:
L1 = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 23, 23}
Then I partition it into equal sublists of length 3 and get:
L2 = {1, 2, 3}
L3 = {4, 5, 6}
L4 = {7, 8, 9}
L5 = {10, 23, 23}
However this is one specific example but I'd like my program to work for any n so that I can go N->T:prgrParttition and it runs.

A: This is the most obvious answer for this question, but it's what I've always used when needing to split a list into multiple sub-lists.
The program prompts the user for a list (L1) and a row size (A) then splits the list list into dim(L1)/A lists with A elements each. The results are returned in the Ans variable in the form a matrix.
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Fireworks are really sparking for Katy Perry and John Mayer since the duo got back together in July.
Now, the on-again, off-again couple is reportedly headed towards matrimony, reports Britain's Daily Mail.
Moved by the wedding bells of Mayer's brother Carl, who got married Sunday at New York's Mamaroneck Beach and Yacht Club, the "Roar" singer and her love were supposedly reflecting on what their future may hold.
"Everyone knows it's just a question of when John will propose," a source close to the "Your Body is a Wonderland" singer told Us Weekly after his brother's ceremony.
Perry has had a lot to celebrate lately. Tuesday, Entertainment Weekly reported that her album "Prism," which debuts Oct. 22, was streaming 90-second snippets on iTunes, giving fans an early listen. That same day she began her stint as the newest face of CoverGirl and posted a beautiful photo on Twitter from the cosmetic line's ad campaign.
"BEAUTIFUL news to share w/you all," she wrote. "Today is my 1st day as a @COVERGIRL! See what happens when you let the light in? #COVERGIRLKATY"
In addition to those joyous career highs, the 28-year-old "Walking on Air" singer wished Mayer a happy 36th birthday, confirming their current blissful state.
"Happy birthday cutie!!" she tweeted as Mayer is currently in Denmark on the European leg of his tour.
But the duo did have some time together back in the States when he attended her performance on "Saturday Night Live" on Oct. 12, the day before his brother's wedding. According to sources, they put on quite a show at the 'SNL' after-party, where their PDA was intense.
"(They) were beyond affectionate and adorable," a source told Us about the shindig that took place at the Heartland Brewery.
"He was rubbing her back, then pulled her in for an intimate close chat," the source added. "She put her hand inside his jacket and they were kissing and gazing into each other's eyes."


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221 priests, 8 bishops Face Investigation For Massive Child Abuse Cover-up
Sheer magnitude of the Chilean pedophile priest scandal becomes apparent
By: Paul Whitehead |@NeonNettle
on 29th September 2018 @ 2.00pm
A total of 221 priests and eight bishops are now facing investigation for their alleged part in massive child abuse over up in Chile, according to the Chilean national prosecutor's office.
Fernando Karadima, Chiles most well-known pedophile priest, who was removed from the clerical state by Pope Francis on Thursday, is also part of the investigation.
In 2011, Karadima had already been found guilty by the Vatican, but instead of them removing him from the priesthood, they sentenced him to a life of penance and prayer.
To convey the sheer magnitude of the Chilean pedophile priest scandal, information derived from three raids on two dioceses- Rancagua and Santiago - led prosecutor Emiliano Arias has opened 70 investigations in the last three months alone.
CRuxNow reports: All of them, according to La Tercera, are against members of the Chilean bishops' conference who purportedly knew about abuses committed by clerics.
Amongst the things being investigated, according to these reports, is if these bishops sought to quiet victims so they wouldn't go to civil authorities.
In a letter he gave to the Chilean bishops in May when he summoned them to Rome, Francis wrote that an investigation by Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna and Spanish Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu had shown mishandling of accusations, because "in not a few cases" grave indications of a crime "were superficially labeled as improbable."
In late May, every Chilean bishop presented his resignation to Francis, who's accepted seven of them since and who are expected to accept more.
Some of the bishops who've been dismissed from office before turning 75, the mandatory age for a bishop to present his resignation to the pope, are among the eight being investigated by the prosecutor's office.
According to Francis, Scicluna, and Bertomeu also discovered that alleged crimes were investigated too late, if at all, and in other cases there was a "very grave negligence in the protection of children" by bishops and religious superiors.
One of these cases is that of Cristian Precht, who twice was found guilty by the Vatican of sexually abusing children.
The first time, following a conclusion made by Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati and contradicting his own judicial vicar who wanted a life sentence, Precht was suspended from ministry for five years and then readmitted in 2017.
Earlier this month, the Archdiocese of Santiago, led by Ezzati, announced that Francis had decreed, "with no possibility of appeal," the "removal from clerical state ex officio et pro bono Ecclesiae" of Precht.
A hero for many within the Chilean Church for confronting the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, Precht to this day continues to be a divisive figure, and despite the evidence against him, there are those in Chile who support him and who blame Francis of being part of a vendetta against a more "liberal" faction of the Church.
Among these are Precht's legal team, with his lawyer, Luciano Fouillioux, claiming that the canonical process against the former priest is a "criminal act against a historic member where he's been denied the right to defend himself after the years that he spent defending other Chileans."
And that is the crux of the matter for many: Precht spent decades waving the flag of human rights, and, according to a Chilean source, many today struggle to reconcile the man who saved many from Pinochet with the "sexual predator" who abused three children in a school run by the Marist Brothers in Santiago, and many more in other areas- both children and adults- according to the original accusations, which led to him being suspended in 2012.
Yet it was the claims made by three Marist victims who came forward last year that sealed Precht's fate, and, for at least one of them, there was no foul play suggested.
"For us, the trial was transparent," said Jaime Concha, who was abused by Precht when he was 15.
Precht was the fifth abuser, between priests and brothers, who he said "crucified" him since he was 10.
"Our tale is very clear … We have spoken and told the same story wherever we've been," he told Crux over the phone on Thursday.
This includes the Holy See's Embassy in Chile, Scicluna, and Bertomeu, and the sexual crimes unit of Chile's police force.
"The testimony leaves no room for doubt," he said.
Francis's decision to remove not only Precht, but also Karadima, from the priesthood is seen by some as things coming "full circle," and a Chilean source described it to Crux as a way of removing any uncertainty that abuse is "ubiquitous" and does not prejudge when it comes to ideology.
Father Samuel Fernandez, who once upon a time belonged to Karadima's El Bosque parish, told Crux that the decision announced by the Vatican to remove his former teacher from the priesthood was "the right one because of the seriousness of his crimes," yet he also approved of the fact that it has taken this long.
"With Karadima remaining in the priesthood, the Church was allowed to ban him from seeing the faithful from his parish," Fernandez said over the phone on Friday.
"Allowing for these years to pass has meant that many of those who would have been manipulated by Karadima have been freed from his influence. Psychological manipulation is something he's very good at."
Maria Paz Lagos, President of Catholic Voices Chile, told Crux that Karadima's departure from the priesthood was something "we had been waiting for."
Yet she also acknowledged that it was a "setting the scales right, or a touché," with what occurred with Precht a few weeks ago and which had angered a sector of the Chilean Church, that didn't know why Karadima hadn't received the same punishment.
Karadima supporters, meanwhile, objected that he'd originally been sentenced to life and Precht to a five-year suspension.
Lagos was in Rome this week participating at a seminar organized by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life.
On Wednesday, the group met with Francis at the end of his weekly general attendance, and she had the opportunity to be close to him and ask him to keep Chile dear to his heart and also to appoint a new archbishop for Santiago.
A recording of the dialogue shows Francis saying, "My daughter, I haven't found the right person yet."
Bound for home on Saturday, Lagos said she's leaving the Eternal City "happy, knowing that the pope continues to have Chile in his heart."
READ MORE: Pope Francis Tells Stunned Journalist: "I Am The Devil"
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The Vatican Quietly Pays Out Almost $4 Billion To Child Abuse Victims
The shocking figure is based on a based on a three-month investigation of data 10th May 2018 @ 8.07pm
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Yes, thank you, cheesy 80s rock bands!
We will be taking a break from blogging for the month of March to grade, grade, grade (Anita) and to write, write, write (Adriana). And of course, to take a break, see friends, sleep lots, and all that good stuff.
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Believe it or not but it is a very common thing that a person that wants to buy a business doesn't have the required resources to cash out fully the sale. In that case, the purchaser will request the seller to help him out by financing a small part of the purchase price. This might sound like a weird deal that no one would take, but in reality, this can be beneficial to both parties. However, in order to both of the benefit from this, they have to follow some rules and conquer some issues together without any conflicts.
There are a number of different advantages for the seller in this deal, but the problem with financing the sale is that it comes with certain risks that you have to be aware of before rushing it. The risk that you have to take here is the fact that there is a slight chance you will not get your money back from the buyer. However, that type of scam is very rare because in most cases you will just end up suing the other person and winning all your money back. But for the advantage part of the deal, you will be surprised how beneficial it can be to you.
First of all, when you are financing a part of the selling price, you will automatically attract more potential buyers. Furthermore, you will be able to sell the business for a lot more than you would get if you didn't participate in the selling. You would have much more interested buyers because they will know that you are ready to invest in your business, therefore showing them there is a potential for profit left.
For the buyer, you will see the most obvious advantage is that you don't have to pay for the entire business by yourself at once. However, if you want to purchase the entire business by yourself, then you will need a lot more money and to get more money you will need to find another source of income like the Fincrowd App. This app is a very smart software that is designed to make very good trades that will generate your money that you can, later on, use to potentially buy yourself a business.
I have transitioned to a Google calendar for the listings. Not only is it a bit easier to see whats on, you can copy it to your own calendar if you wish.


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After receiving this box of finished copies of The Reckoning, Alma Katsu decided she'd have a quick contest in honor of the holiday weekend. She's giving away ONE copy and will ship internationally. Folks can enter by emailing her at contest@almakatsu.com and she MUST receive entries by midnight Pacific Time, May 28th. The winner will receive the book BEFORE IT GOES ON SALE June 19th. Quick and easy peasy!
I've already got a copy coming my way from the publisher, so Good Luck to all of you! I can't wait to read the sequel to The Taker.
Thanks for the info - have a great weekend.


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Adelheid 0+
František Vláčil, Československo 1969, czech version, 99 min
"The first colour film by Czech master František Vláčil (director of the dazzling The Valley of the Bees and Marketa Lazarová), Adelheid is a tragic love story, a controversial and emotional tale of two lovers trapped in the march of history.
Set in the aftermath of WWII, the film charts the relationship between Viktor, a Czech airman returning home who is assigned a large Sudetenland mansion on the Czech-German border, and Adelheid, daughter of the former Nazi owner, who is allocated to him as a servant. Adelheid and Viktor are gradually attracted to each other and although neither speaks the other's language, they begin a tentative - but doomed - affair.
A compelling love story that transcends the absence of verbal communication highlighting the pain of a country in defeat, Adelheid was also the first film to controversially address the Czech treatment of German's during the expulsions of the mid-1940's."
- Second Run
4900 Kč DVD
600 Kč Film poster
2900 Kč Film poster


So, everyone's gonna ignore the fact that they copied the Avengers Infinity War trailer soundtrack?
Is this a '\"prototype-like\" film ?
Same music as the last Infinity War trailer?
Meh... but thanks Sony - now i don't need to waste my money on cinema - trailers shows everything.
so this Nicky Larson et le parfum de Cupidon is a good guy or Bad guy? \nhe looks like anti hero .
Wow....Riz Ahmed is here.....any body remember NIGHT OFF.
do not ruin the character please I never asked you anything Sony!
Needs more rendering and editing But, thank you Sony for spending more on the script, dialogue and plot. Doesn't need as much CGI if the writing and directing rocks.
Русские согласятся что это топ?
Can we get Jack Gleeson to dye his hair red and make him Carnage he's old enough now right?


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ENDORSEES AND GEAR
Bassoon Player. Recording Artist. Composer. Groundbreaker.
PAUL HANSON
Hello there and welcome to 2022!
I just had eye surgery so I'm recovering a bit.
I will be posting a few more concerts with artists like Taylor Eigsti, Ben Wendel, Michael Manring, Vitamin Em-possibly some new Billy Cobham dates. Thank you for coming by now and again. I do most of my yakking on social media platforms Facebook and Instagram but I do show up here as well. Thank you-more coming.
New video with Becca Stevens, Bill Stevens, Derek Jones, Jeff Sipe and Mike Seal-just came out:
take a minute of your time to enjoy this little song completely made up by all these musicians in their own spaces during the pandemic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X0_laJCH
NEW-playalong tracks included in my latest Gumroad publication. Play along with a backing track as you negotiate the lines and groove of 'The Big Easy'-made famous by the band Zenith Patrol (with Victor Little, Thomas Pridgen and Haroun Serang. You will find that and more publications
here: https://gumroad.com/paulbassoon1
Hello! How are you all? Please visit my new Bandcamp page where you can buy fresh downloads of some of my new YouTube hits such as Rough Friends Store!
https://paulhanson1.bandcamp.com/
Here's the link to my new book at https://www.forrestsmusic.com/X-1252-PDF.
It's called JAZZ TRAINING FOR BASSOONISTS. It contains my personal jazz transcriptions of solos over standard jazz forms such as rhythm changes, blues, bebop, modal Blue Note jazz. It's the next level of education for bassoon players-you'll really enjoy it!
HERE is the LINK for my book TECHNIQUE STUDIES FOR JAZZ IMPROVISATION in PDF form.
https://www.forrestsmusic.com/X-94-PDF
I'm so glad to have found a way to make this book available in this manner. It has sold over 1000 copies since I wrote it ins 2003.
Jan 29th 2022. I'm doing a duo show with solo bassist genius Michael Manring in Phoenix AZ. Check the info for the livestream that will be possible if you join the host's online club: https://www.makeweirdmusic.com/upcoming-events/concert-michael-manring-and-paul-hanson
I am doing a residency at University of North Carolina School of the Arts where I will be performing with student ensembles as well as Bill Stevens, Jeff Sipe, Derek Jones and Chris Boerner.
October 18th-23rd. More info to come.
OCT 28: Opening night of Fagotfestival (Bassoons For Future) concert featuring Paul Hanson in Maastricht, The Netherlands
https://fagotnetwerk.org/fagotfestival2021/11091-2/
Oct 29-Nov 10:
On tour with Vincent Houdijk and The Polestar Project in The Netherlands
https://www.vincenthoudijk.com/tour-dates
Also-please visit my Bandcamp page where I have new material for sale:
More shows >
paulbassoon1@mac.com
My Patreon Channel
click on "Patreon" for more info
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The recent Washington State Supreme Court ruling in Volk v DeMeerleer abandoned the longtime standard for when a provider has a duty to warn potential victims and law enforcement of a dangerous patient's inclination to cause harm. The previous standard required a warning be made when there was an actual threat of physical violence against an identifiable victim or victims. With the ruling, the court determined the question of whether the warning was adequately made is based on whether the provider should have foreseen the patient's actions. This ruling created ambiguity for providers and made it impossible for them to know when they have met their obligations.
Senate Bill 5800 will clarify that mental health providers have a duty to warn potential victims and law enforcement when a patient makes an actual threat of physical violence against the reasonably identifiable victim or victims.
The bill is currently in the Senate Rules Committee, and we need your help contacting legislators to ensure that this bill advances to a reading before the full Senate.
CONTACT YOUR STATE SENATOR TODAY AND ASK THEM TO MOVE SENATE BILL 5800 FROM THE RULES COMMITTEE TO THE SENATE FLOOR FOR A VOTE AND TELL THEM YOU SUPPORT SB 5800.


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Trapped Inward
Submitted by Leah Richards on October 1, 2017 - 01:20
Photo credit: James M Wilson
Petie
Written by Lori Fischer
Directed by Martha Banta
Presented by Theatre East at Urban Stages, NYC
How many places have you gone in the past 10 days? Now what about in the past ten years? The matriarch at the center of Lori Fischer's world-premiere play Petie hasn't ventured beyond her Tennessee yard in the decade since her young son's death, an event that continues to bind the remaining family members' lives as surely as the property line bounds hers. Presented by Theatre East, a company that concentrates on new plays with socially relevant themes, Petie asks whether the family can become more than a prison and a site of fracture for these characters.
The eponymous Petie (Grayson Taylor) -- pronounced Petey but with a visual echo of petit -- takes his affectionate appellation from his father, Pete (co-founder and Artistic Director of Theatre East Judson Jones), a.ka. Daddy, whose instability is directly involved in the child's death. Petie, who appears in flashbacks effectively indicated through Zach Murphy's lighting design, wants to be a preacher when he grows up, giving his shoes to a schoolmate without any, for example, but seems to remain open-minded in his Christianity, exchanging a drawing of Jesus for one of Ganseh from a Hindu classmate and taking an interest in her culture (being a child, particularly in its desserts). The same religiosity that seems innocent and promising in the boy, however, feeds into his father's severe mental health issues, which in turn feed into the son's ultimate, perhaps sacrificially-coded, demise. Petie's loss leaves his sister Jesse (Arielle Goldman) searching both for clarifying closure and for an outlet for her grief, and she channels those energies not only into her low-wage job and protecting her best friend, KM (Emily Verla), but also into self-harm. Meanwhile, Petie and Jesse's mother, house coat-clad Bonnie (the playwright, Lori Fischer), no longer leaves her home and is left to experience the outside world through radio sermons, the glossy magazines that Jesse brings home to her, and attempts at making human connections with 411 operators and employees of home-shopping companies. However, as the anniversary of Petie's death approaches, Bonnie is taking the advice of her radio pastor to try one new thing each week, and even though that thing may be as small as trying a new strain of pear, she feels it having the larger effect of, as she puts it, setting something loose inside of her. Jesse, in contrast, remains mired in the past: to stay with the play's food motif, she doesn't understand why Bonnie would ask for dill-pickle potato chips when they have always eaten Fritos.
Petie deals in questions both of repetition and change. Petie's angelic presentation is perhaps complicated by his father's statement that he sees Petie as a small version of himself. How true might that have become had not tragedy intervened? Given the tonal difference between two repetitions of the moment when Daddy leaves the house with Petie for the last time, there is the sense that at least some of how events are presented is filtered through Bonnie's mind, though how much is an open question: while some subjectivity of perspective is introduced, there doesn't seem to be any push to radically question the narrative. KM provides a repetition-with-a-difference of Bonnie and her husband's relationship in her relationship with Rick (Zachary Clark), in which the cause may be different but the domestic violence and issues around forgiveness are the same (though the appropriateness of loyalty and second and third chances are much less clear-cut and more fraught in Bonnie's case). Jesse herself more closely replicates the father she now despises than she wishes to admit. Even KM's reported cycling through boyfriends can be seen as a confining habitual re-enactment of the past that echoes the more tragic pasts of Bonnie and Jesse. Significantly, though, these echoes do not necessarily entail predetermined outcomes. As the play points out in a memory of Petie, lambs may fight against their own rescue, but that does not mean that they can't be rescued. The possibility remains that Jesse and Bonnie can unshackle themselves from the past and their roles in and guilt over Petie's death, escape the family/home as trap, and make their way, for example, to Graceland, a place whose name has obvious symbolic resonance and which Bonnie has only ever seen in the form of commemorative plates.
The production excels at creating atmosphere, expertly drawing the audience not only into its blue-collar Southern setting but also into its confining domestic space. We hear about locations other than Bonnie's home -- the Buy Low, where Jesse and KM work, the steakhouse, where KM and Rick drink -- but we, connected to Bonnie's perspective, experience only one gray-and-beige-dominated room and a piece of fenced-in yard. And when Daddy is not appearing in the flashbacks, his haunting of the present day is cleverly made physical. While many plays that tell the kind of story that Fischer's play does progressively darken an initially light tone, Petie successfully interweaves its funny and dramatic strands throughout. Bonnie's phone calls, for instance, play simultaneously as humorous and painfully revealing. The surface innocence of Jesse or her father playfully chasing Petie while telling him "I'm going to get you" takes on dark undertones, as does, more directly, the amusing banter between Jesse and KM.
All of these effects are underpinned by a fantastic cast. Zachary Clark's Rick and Judson Jones' Daddy mirror one another as men who use their charm and protestations of love to just barely conceal wells of anger and potential violence. Arielle Goldman subtly but clearly differentiates between Jesse's present and younger selves, and brings potent depth to Jesse's personal struggles and complex, conflicted relationships with her mother and KM Goldman and Emily Verla compellingly embody that later relationship, so that when KM says that if the two friends were gay or one were a man, they would be married, we believe it without question. Verla keeps our sympathy for KM even when she is making terrible decisions, and Grayson Taylor, one of the best child actors that your reviewers have seen on a New York stage, more than holds his own amongst this roster of damaged characters as an open, affectionate, and enthusiastic Petie. Bonnie is the axis around which the whole play turns, and Lori Fischer furnishes an intense, heartfelt, heartbreaking performance, encapsulated in a moment in which she silently slides from rage, to realization, to regret, to weary devastation when Bonnie destroys something irreplaceable.
Judson Jones and Christa Kimlicko Jones, the co-founders of Theatre East originally hail from Texas, and, in response to Hurricane Irma, donations for the Houston Food Bank will be accepted after all performances of Petie -- just one more reason to see this gripping, impactful new production. - Leah Richards & John Ziegler


It was 85º here in Florida yesterday...and today isn't looking much different.
So...I'd say it's completely appropriate to go ahead and share some simple "Spring" touches I made in our master bedroom yesterday.
I did a quick refresh starting with adding some simple greenery to my rustic, sparse, winter-ish and otherwise simple grapevine wreath.
I didn't use any tools...just the built-in "harnesses" (aka braids + twists of the grapevine wreath) to secure the green garland.
I used two 6ft. long faux greenery garlands - actually, the same two I used to create my Thanksgiving table garland and my Christmas table garland, and I just tucked the longer ends of each in-between and through the grapevine. Thats' it. And it took me less than 10 minutes to do...maybe even only 5 minutes.
Talk about versatile. The grapevine wreath is one of my favorite multi-seasonal decorative items and now I love that I've been able to move these garlands to various places of my home and for a variety of seasons.
After I made the wreath I was then inspired to make up my bed using a really pretty mix of my Georgina Anthropologie bedding and a new Bamboo Turkish Bedspread from Thimble + Cloth.
I then added this simple marble tray filled with some of my favorite things - a stack of green vintage books, a handmade tassel from my friend Pamela at August + May Design Company and an adorable handmade pinch pot from Black Oak Art filled with more faux greenery. I'm thinking a live maidenhair fern would look exceptionally pretty in this spot too.
As much as I loved the simplicity of it I was still wanting to add a little more warmth and "cozy" to the bed. Adding a blanket was my first thought but I ultimately decided to use this Turkish Peshtemal from Thimble + Cloth instead.
I think it worked like a charm.
Are you inspired to start adding some simple Spring touches to your home too?
A few minutes or your time and creativity can make such a big difference, am I right?
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Jay continues to remove my gorgeous Georgina duvet cover because of the current duvet insert I have....it makes him too hot.
I purchased the Bamboo Turkish Bedspread from Thimble + Cloth as a quick fix but I'm currently looking for some new bedding and linens to make our bed extra super cozy and inviting (but simple + timeless), and without the "heat" factor. Check out my some of my recent pins to see the vibe I'm going for.
If you have any affordable suggestions, please send them my way!!
Are you looking for THE BEST...and THE EASIEST sugar cookie cut-out recipe on the planet?
And when I say "the best" sugar cookie cut-out recipe...I really mean it.
And when I say "the easiest"...I really mean that too.
These beauties are a gift from heaven for those of us who like the idea of sugar cookies but don't have the patience that's usually associated with the "refrigeration required" that comes with your classic sugar cookie recipe.
and just the right cookie to compliment the delicious royal icing you'll want to decorate them with.
And let me say...although I am no professional cookie baker, I've been using this cookie recipe and royal icing recipe for over a decade and they both work like a charm EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Foolproof.
Using whisk attachment for mixer, (my favorite mixer on the planet), cream together butter and sugar - scraping sides as needed.
Add egg and vanilla. Mix until combined - scraping as needed.
Remove whisk attachment and replace with paddle attachment.
Mix until dough comes clean from sides of bowl.
Turn onto lightly floured surface.
Knead until dough is thoroughly combined and mixed.
Roll out with lightly dusted rolling pin and cut with cookie cutters of choice.
Bake at 400º for 6-7 minutes or until bottoms are lightly golden.
Remove from oven, cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute and then move to cooling rack.
Cool completely prior to icing.
Store for up to 3 days prior to icing.
See the STEP-BY-STEP quick video RIGHT HERE!
Makes a huge batch - feel free to 1/2 the recipe.
Using a mixer bowl with whisk attachment, (here's my favorite one ever), add warm water and meringue powder.
Add cream of tartar and vanilla.
Mix again for another 30 seconds until combined.
Swap out whisk attachment for paddle attachment.
Add all of the powdered sugar to the mixing bowl.
Turn on the lowest speed for about 30 seconds.
Mix on lowest speed for 10 full minutes.
Icing will be thick and creamy.
Add warm water to icing until it becomes the consistency you need it to be.
When not using, keep bowl covered with damp tea towel to prevent drying, crusting and flaking.
TIP 1: I typically end up adding between 5-7 TBSP of warm water to reach the consistency I like to pipe with.
TIP 2: For perfect piping consistency, use spoon or spatula to create "ribbons" of icing in your bowl. When ribbons disappear within 7 seconds...you are good to go.
So there you are my friends.
Seriously though...once you try this cookie cut-out recipe, you'll never use another one.
If you try them...PLEASE let me know.
I'd love to see and hear how they turned out for you.
well...it's buried deep in the archives.
I thought it was time to pull it to the surface...just in time for Valentine's Day!
If you didn't know, charcuterie boards are all the rage right now.
You'll see them everywhere on social media and if your favorite restaurant doesn't already offer one I'm guessing you'll see one on the menu soon.
If you don't know what I'm talking about...charcuterie is a french word referring to meats that have been smoked, dry-cured or cooked. (think bacon, hard salami, or a soft pâté). It's also the french word for butcher shop or delicatessen. So in essence, a charcuterie board is typically a combination of the types of meats I mentioned above beautifully arranged on a board, platter, tray or plate and served to guests for nibbling + grazing. The charcuterie board has evolved to include a few selections of cheeses, fruits, nuts, olives, crackers and spreads, which in my opinion takes things to an entirely new level. Not only does is make for a gorgeous presentation but it also caters to multiple palettes + food preferences.
That said, it's now officially evolved into something even more today with the "Valentine's Sweets Charcuterie-Style board" I've created. Ha!
No meats. No cheeses...just chocolates and treats.
Originally, I was thinking I would just use nothing but chocolates. (since I have an abundance from the work I do for Hershey).
But...I decided to mix in a variety of "cracker-like" cookies, heart-shaped candies, a little bit of fruit, a handful of nuts as well a selection of dips to appeal to more people and most certainly give it a more "charcuterie-vibe".
This was my very first charcuterie-style board and friends...it was SO easy and SO fun.
The options are endless with the items you can use and the many different celebrations you can create them for.
Create a charcuterie tray for two or assemble one for a crowd.
There really are no rules so have fun with it.
Here's everything I used to create mine but these types of boards are so versatile feel free to get creative and use your personal favorites.
Valentine Pretzels - I couldn't find the ones I bought but these are cute!
I started with a slab of marble as my "board", added three small bowls, strategically placed the big items on the board first and then filled in the empty areas with the smaller treats.
To finish it I added a few fresh roses and sprinkled a little bit of rose petals for touches of "Valentine's Day".
I sure hope you'll try your hand at creating one of these.
It really was fun to put together and I'm looking forward to making another one for Easter.
And those dark chocolate mini hearts? YUM!!
First time I've ever tried them and was pleasantly surprised at how good they are!
A few weeks ago I took a poll in my Instagram stories asking for feedback on some custom Valentine's Day candy bar labels for Lindt's footlong candy bar I recently came across.
I loved the feedback I received...there were so many fun responses.
I ended up combining similar answers and the majority of responses that came through to create 11 different FREE WRAPPERS/LABELS for you to print and use as gifts + treats for Valentine's Day!
The selections include candy bar wrappers for teachers, principals, besties, coaches, friends, and more.
I found these GIANT FOOT-LONG Lindt Bars in my local grocery store for $5.99 - just happened to pass by them one day!!
They really make a statement and the custom labels help to make them extra special + personalized to gift to the people you love!
I'm taking things a step further and gifting the chocolate bars to all three of my girls along with one of these ADORABLE + super soft stuffed animals that are filled with organic french lavender.
Have you seen these? These cuties are so snuggly and weigh about 2-3 pounds and can also be heated up in the microwave for some added warmth for cuddle time.
This sweet puppy is for Ella but Ema is getting this adorable Koala Bear and Clara's puppy is sold out but here is one that's similar.
Friends...as a mama who has struggled with anxiety issues my entire life and having two daughters that struggle as well...these are SUCH a perfect gift. The lavender creates calm, the heaviness of the animal creates security and the softness gives comfort.
I really hope you're inspired to try at least one of these options.
You could even save the stuffed animal idea for EASTER!!!
1. Print Candy Bar Wrapper onto 8.5x11" white card stock.
2. Wrap around candy bar and secure with tape.
3. Crease edges for a nice finish.
4. Add a ribbon if you'd like to jazz it up a bit.
TIP: If you don't like the gold outer packaging unwrap it to find a plain silver foil wrapped candy bar inside.
There are soooo many different adorable plush stuffed animals to choose from I really don't know which one to pick for myself. Ha!! It took me forever to pick out the ones for the girls.
Well there she is...in all of her glory.
RESCUE... the word (and symbol +) I've chosen for 2019.
which makes me the rescuer AND the rescuee.
If you remember, last year I chose the word "FREE".
with the girl I once was." The primary emphasis being on my health.
Ironically, I even used the word "rescue" a year ago when I said, "I am running fiercely to meet her; to grab her hand and continue the journey together...I'm sprinting through the wide open prairie to wear she is standing and has been waiting for me to return. And I know when I reach her...I will not have rescued her...she will have rescued me."
With much disappointment in my heart to have to admit this...she's still waiting for me my friends.
So yeah...I started January feeling so much disappointment because although I made some progress in 2018 with regards to my health, it's not even close to what I envisioned "FREE" to look like or better yet...feel like.
But...I can tell you after spending the entire first month of 2019 "planning, dreaming, diving into what really matters to me this year and especially what steps I need to take to make important things happen" I have definitely felt a shift.
"...maybe what I need to do is surrender to the place I am at right now. Perhaps let go of the unmet expectations and the failures related to my health. And just start where I am at. Let go of what worked or what didn't work and just listen to my body. And start exactly where I am...as ugly or as messy as I believe it to be."
Besides, remember the Reflect + Release post when I said, "We feel all the feels, we reflect on the progress or lack thereof and then...we close the chapter with gratitude."
- the self-care steps I implemented in 2018.
- the things I learned and tried that did not work well for me.
- the hope and expectation I feel for 2019.
- the renewed commitment to becoming a better version of me.
The word "RESCUE" has a sense of urgency associated with it.
And that's exactly how I'm feeling about tackling what's ahead for me.
I'm on a "Rescue Mission" my friends...a "Search + Rescue" specifically.
Aside from writing the rescue symbol (+) on my wrist every morning as a part of my new morning routine, I've been using some other tools to help me carry out my rescue plan this year. I'm excited to be sharing those with you soon.
What's your word for 2019? I'd love to know what's inspiring you and what goals you are looking to reach this year!!
amount of pressure to meet a January 8th deadline. (it's a working weekend for me my friends).


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Ithica Films picks up North-East creative gong
May 5, 2017 Martin Walker Featured, Middlesbrough 0
Middlesbrough-based Ithica Films has been named 'Creative Business of the Year' at the North East Business Awards.
Founded in 2014 by managing director Matt McGough, the company has gone from strength to strength, experiencing a significant period of growth, which has seen it move into larger offices on the ground floor at Boho One, its fourth expansion in three years.
The Creative Business of the Year accolade also comes fast off the back of Best Digital & Creative Company at last year's Best New Business Awards.
"This award means a lot to all of us," said McGough.
"From humble beginnings three years ago we have grown a skilled and talented team into an award-winning film business who create engaging and intelligent films."
McGough established the business after a decade working in the industry.
A graduate in Television Production his mission was to raise the bar in film making and create remarkable films that make an impact.
The North East Business Awards, celebrate success and recognise business achievements right across the region.
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